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| Four children die in Gaza strike | |
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| Four Palestinian children have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, local medics say. | |
| Reports say the children, aged under 12, were playing near the Jabaliya refugee camp. The Israeli army said it had targeted a rocket-launching cell. | |
| In all, 21 Palestinians have died in Israeli military action in the last two days, including a six-month-old baby. | |
| On Wednesday, a rocket fired by Hamas killed an Israeli student near Sderot, the first such death in nine months. | 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. | 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". | The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said that the Palestinian rocket attacks "need to stop". |
| Ms Rice will visit the Middle East next week for several days of talks with Mr Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | |
| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has separately expressed "deep concerned" at the escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians. |