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informants in a series of attacks. According to his brother, Emad noted in 1991, "The
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in the Gaza Strip. After several hours of the siege of the neighborhood, Akel tried to escape and was immediately shot by
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with a skullcap. In the early 1990s, Akel topped Israel's most wanted list for his suspected role in killing 11 Israeli soldiers, an
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