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Tuesday, 30 April, 2002, 12:05 GMT 13:05 UK

Profile: Israel's six wanted


Two Palestinian guards with Hamdi Qoraan, Bassel al-Asmar, Ahed abu Gholma and Mejdi Rehmi
Four of the men were sentenced by a Palestinian court
Under the US-brokered deal to lift the siege on Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters six men wanted by Israel are to be put under international guard.

Four of them, all believed to be members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), are wanted by in connection with the assassination of the Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi last October.

They have already been sentenced by a Palestinian court to between one and 18 years for the assassination, but Israel has dismissed the trial.

The other two are the current PFLP leader, Ahmed Saadat, and Fuad Shobaki, a former Palestinian Authority official.

The four convicted


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