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April 6, 2008

Medics: Palestinian Boy Killed by Israeli Tank Shell Shrapnel
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1BCA203:A6F02AD83191E160762409C61A5A2D5530EB2FA2E66CBB22& Israeli military
says its ground forces carried out an incursion against Palestinian
threats along the border today Palestinian medical officials say a
Palestinian boy has been killed during fighting between Israeli forces
and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.







Palestinian Abdullah Buhar, 8-years-old, wrapped in a white cloth for
burial is carried by an unidentified man at the morgue at the Aqsa
hospital, Gaza Strip Sunday, 06 April 2008Medical workers say the boy
died Sunday after being hit by shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell. 
They say one Palestinian was wounded in the same incident between the
Israeli border and the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Israeli military says its ground forces carried out an incursion
against Palestinian threats along the border today.

Israel says it is trying to stop Palestinian militants from firing
rockets into the Jewish state.  The militants say they are responding
to Israeli operations.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert are to meet Monday to assess the state of peace efforts.

Their last meeting was in February.  

The peace talks have been strained in recent weeks by Palestinian
militant attacks and Israel's expansion of settlements in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem.

The U.S.-backed plan calls for Israel to remove illegal settlement
outposts and ease travel restrictions on Palestinians. It also demands
the Palestinian leadership control the militants.



Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.




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