A senior Hamas terrorist who was freed by Israel in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal was shot dead by gunmen in Gaza on Friday.

The Gaza interior ministry identified the terrorist as Mazen Faqha, who was released along with more than 1,000 other Palestinians in exchange for Shalit in October of 2011.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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