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The two gunmen were wanted for involvement in the killing of four Israelis near Hebron on Aug. 31, just as new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were getting under way, the Israeli military said. Media aligned with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas controls, also said the men were behind the attack.
Sarkozy's government has linked Gypsies, or Roma, to crime, dismantled hundreds of their shantytowns and expelled more than 1,000 Roma in recent months, sending them home to Romania and Bulgaria. The crackdown has been criticized by many Roman Catholics and Benedict himself appeared to weigh in on it with a subtle message about tolerance over the summer.