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A 12-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed in a third successive day
of Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to local medical sources.
Another person was injured. It brings to 17 the number of dead in the Israeli bombardment since Friday.
The
death of a Palestinian militant whose car was targeted by Israeli
forces in Gaza City has sparked the worst violence the area has seen for
almost a year, with Israel on the receiving end of sustained rocket
attacks.
The Israeli army confirmed strikes have been carried out and said it was checking reports that a boy had died.
He's said to have been killed in northern Gaza. A Palestinian militant reportedly died in a separate attack.
The escalating violence has brought calls for a ceasefire from the UN, the EU, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt.
Militant
groups in Gaza, vowing revenge for the Israeli strikes, have fired more
than 100 rockets into southern Israel since Friday.
Six people
have been injured, one seriously. The police say several more
projectiles have been fired into Israeli territory on Sunday.
Some 25 were intercepted on Saturday before they landed in Israel, according to the military.
The
country's defence minister Ehud Barak said its defence system had
proved its effectiveness, adding that Israel would strike all those who
target Israeli civilians.
