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| Palestinian children die in blast | Palestinian children die in blast |
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| Three Palestinian children have been killed after an Israeli tank shell hit northern Gaza, Palestinian doctors say. | |
| Israel's military confirmed it launched an attack, saying it had targeted people setting up a rocket launcher. | |
| Doctors said two boys aged 10 and 12 died of shrapnel wounds. A 12-year-old girl who was critically injured in the blast died also in hospital. | |
| The Israeli army expressed sorrow for the deaths of the children, but said it held militant groups responsible. | |
| "We identified and fired at several rocket launchers aimed at Israel in the Beit Hanoun industrial zone," an Israeli army spokeswoman said. | |
| "We also identified several suspicious looking people fiddling with the rocket launchers before we fired. The army regrets terror organisations' cynical use of children," she added. | |
| Cousins | |
| Palestinian health officials told news agencies the two boys were cousins Mahmoud Ghazal, 10, and Yehiya Ghazal, aged 12. | |
| The girl was named as Sara Ghazal, 10, another cousin. | |
| The area around Beit Hanoun is frequently used by Palestinian militants to launch rocket attacks against southern Israel. | |
| According to Palestinian medical officials, eight children have now been killed by Israeli military operations in Gaza and the West Bank in just over a week. | According to Palestinian medical officials, eight children have now been killed by Israeli military operations in Gaza and the West Bank in just over a week. |