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Monday, October 23, 2017
Three Gazans said kidnapped by Islamic State
Three Gazans were kidnapped by Islamic State militants on the border with Egypt, Palestinian media reports.
The Al Shehab news agency, affiliated with the Hamas terror group that controls the Strip, quotes security sources who say three workers from the Shejaiya neighborhood were kidnapped by the militants.
In a statement, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Interior Ministry says that three men went missing while working in tunnels on the Egyptian border and that an investigation into the incident is underway.
— Dov Lieber