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Four Palestinian youths have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, local medics say.Four Palestinian youths have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, local medics say.
Unconfirmed reports say they were playing football. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report. Unconfirmed reports say the youths were playing football in the Jabaliya refugee camp at the time. The Israeli military said it was investigating.
In all, 21 Palestinians have died in Israeli strikes. Most were militants, but one was a six-month-old baby. In all, 17 Palestinians have died in Israeli military action in the last two days, including a six-month-old baby.
On Wednesday, an Israeli student was also killed in by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, some of which hit the nearby southern Israeli town of Sderot. On Wednesday, a rocket fired by Hamas killed an Israeli student near Sderot, the first such death in nine months.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said "terrorists" in the coastal territory would pay a very heavy price for the attacks.
The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said that the Palestinian rocket attacks "need to stop".