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Wednesday, October 3 2:57 AM SGT

Two Israeli settlers killed, five injured in Palestinian raid in Gaza

JERUSALEM, Oct 2 (AFP) -

Palestinian militants killed two Jewish settlers and injured five others in a raid on a settlement in the northern Gaza Strip late Tuesday, Israeli public radio said quoting a senior security official.

The official however denied initial television reports that an unknown number of Palestinian gunmen who had penetrated the settlement of Alei Sinai had taken hostages in a house inside the settlement.

Two of the injured were in a critical condition, the radio said.

-- Swissrose (cellier3@mindspring.com), October 02, 2001