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Every terrorist murder and attempted murder, every missile, mortar shell and rocket fired is a separate war crime.
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On Tuesday, the Israeli military said a mortar shell exploded on its side of the frontier in the Golan Heights.
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Seven US Marines have been killed and eight injured after a mortar shell exploded unexpectedly in a training accident in the US state of Nevada.
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So on Wednesday, Hamas lobbed a mortar shell at the Erez crossing point into Israel just as a group of Gazan Christians were standing on line waiting to travel to Bethlehem for Christmas.
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Both young men were among seven members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force killed late Monday when a mortar shell exploded in its firing tube during an exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada.
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HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of some of the weapons worldwide until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday.
NPR: Mortar Explosion In Nev. Kills 7 NC Unit Marines
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar's now-deceased older brother and alleged fellow bomber, bought two, 24-shell "Lock and Load" mortar kits from a Phantom Fireworks outlet in Seabrook, N.
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