Daniel Estrin

Updated at 4:10 p.m. on Friday

Days after Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian photojournalist covering protests on the Gaza border, Israel's defense minister alleged the photographer had served as a high-ranking member of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas since 2011.

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Netanyahu denied he did Milchan a single favor — except for one.

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