World IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Arab Collaborator of Israelis Is Slain

Masked Palestinians fatally stabbed a Gaza Strip Arab suspected of cooperating with Israeli authorities, Palestinian sources said. Hamza Al Fara, 65, was stabbed in the back and chest in the main market of Khan Yunis. Since the start of the 25-month-old uprising against Israeli occupation, more than 160 Arabs accused of collaborating or immoral behavior have been killed by other Arabs. Elsewhere in the occupied Gaza Strip, two youths were reported wounded in clashes with soldiers. In the West Bank, an 8-year-old boy was hit in the leg by a plastic bullet during confrontations in Ramallah. Two other Palestinians were reportedly wounded by rubber bullets.