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Palestinian rocket attack kills 2 Gaza girls
Palestinians fired a rocket that hit a house in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing two Palestinian sisters, medics said.
- Agencies
- Published: 18:48 December 26, 2008
Gaza: Palestinians fired a rocket that hit a house in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing two Palestinian sisters, medics said.
Hamas police said they were investigating the cause of the blast in Beit Lahiya village in northern Gaza that killed the girls, aged five and 13.
Medics said the blast seemed to be due to a rocket aimed at Israel that had misfired.
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