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At least five people, including four young children, have been killed in an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics have said. | |
Several others were wounded, including their mother, when the missile struck their house in the town of Beit Hanoun, not far from the border. | |
The Israeli military said its aircraft had attacked a group of armed men threatening an army patrol in the area. | |
The area is often used by Palestinian militants to launch rockets at Israel. | The area is often used by Palestinian militants to launch rockets at Israel. |
Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants on Sunday in nearby Beit Lahiya left a 14-year-old girl dead and eight injured. | |
On Friday, the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, proposed a six-month "period of quiet" in Gaza, which it said could then be extended to the West Bank. | |
The Israeli government dismissed the proposal as a ruse to allow Hamas to "re-arm and re-group". |