(AFP) Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh confessed to involvement in the 1989 killings of Israeli soldiers Ilan Saadon and Avi Sasportas in a video aired on Sunday on Al-Jazeera. Mabhuh was found dead in Dubai on Jan. 20. Appearing on tape, Mabhuh detailed the kidnapping of Sasportas. He and other militants had disguised themselves as religious Jews to abduct the soldier. "Before burying him, we stripped him of his clothes and took his IDs, wallet...and his personal weapon," Mabhuh said. He added that Saadon was kidnapped while hitchhiking south of Tel Aviv and taken to Gaza where he was killed. "I pulled out my (38mm) revolver and pointed it at his (Saadon's) head to shoot him, but (my comrade) Abu Suhaib was faster than me. He shot him with his own pistol," Mabhuh said.
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