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Israeli Forces Kill 4 in Gaza

   VOA News  April 09, 2011
   Palestinians inspect the damage to a vehicle after an Israeli air
   strike in Gaza City April 9, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Palestinians inspect the damage to a vehicle after an Israeli air
   strike in Gaza City April 9, 2011

   Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least four
   Palestinians Saturday as rockets continued to fly into Israel from the
   Palestinian territory.
   Palestinian officials say three Hamas militants, including a senior
   commander, were killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza, while another
   Palestinian was killed by tank fire.
   Meantime, Palestinian rockets continued to fly into southern Israel
   from Gaza, in the third day of cross-border violence.
   Israel began pounding targets in the Palestinian territory Thursday
   after a rocket fired from Gaza struck a school bus in Israel, wounding
   a 16-year old boy and the bus driver.
   Hamas militants declared a cease-fire Thursday, but it did not slow
   down the Israeli bombing campaign. At least 18 Palestinians have been
   killed in the fighting. While most of the dead have been identified as
   militants, several Palestinian civilians have also been killed,
   including a young boy.
   This has been the most intense fighting in Gaza since Israel and Hamas
   fought a three-week war over two years ago.

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