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GAZA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Israel's air force attacked a senior Palestinian militant as he drove through the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, wounding him and at least two others, a source in the ruling Hamas faction said.

The missile attack on Amer Qarmout of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) came hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed one person in the southern Israeli town of Dimona.

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed an air strike had taken place, saying it targeted a PRC member.

The PRC has frequently fired rockets from Gaza into Israel. It was not among Palestinian factions that issued claims of responsibility for the bombing in Dimona.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Dan Williams)

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