Israel Admits Killing Deputy Of Late Plo Chief Arafat

Yasser Arafat

Lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel has admitted that it killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988 raid in Tunis.

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