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Blast targets Palestinian PM's convoy during rare Gaza visit

Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah arrives in Gaza City on March 13, 2018 for a rare visit that was cut short after an explosion near his convoy [Mahmud Hams, AFP]

An explosion targeted Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah's convoy as he arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for a rare visit, lightly wounding seven people, officials and witnesses said.

Hamdallah was not injured in the explosion, which occurred shortly after his convoy entered the territory run by Islamist movement Hamas, a security source in the convoy said.

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