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Bedouins carry the body of Salah Abu Latif during his funeral in the Bedouin town of Rahat in southern Israel December 25, 2013. A Gaza sniper shot dead Latif over the border on Tuesday and Israel hit back with air strikes on two Hamas training camps which hospital officials said killed a Palestinian girl near one of the targets. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY) - RTX16TRK — Bedouins carry the body of Salah Abu Latif during his funeral in the Bedouin town of Rahat, southern Israel, Dec. 25, 2013. — REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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