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Boy (4) killed by mortar says Israel

Israel says a 4-year-old boy has been killed after a mortar was fired from Gaza. The attack occur...
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17.14 22 Aug 2014


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Boy (4) killed by mortar says Israel

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17.14 22 Aug 2014


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Israel says a 4-year-old boy has been killed after a mortar was fired from Gaza.

The attack occurred early Friday evening in a southern Israeli village along the frontier.

Israel's national rescue service boss Eli Bin confirmed the death in TV interviews.

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It was the first Israeli death since a new round of fighting erupted on Tuesday between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers following the collapse of cease-fire talks in Cairo earlier this week.

The boy is the fourth civilian in Israel to be killed in an attack from the coastal territory since the outbreak of conflict on July 8th.

Earlier in the day three people were injured by shrapnel, after rocket fired from Gaza hit a synagogue in the city of Ashdod.

The attack came just hours before the start of the Jewish Sabbath.

Ashdod is around 20 miles from Gaza and the rocket was one of more than two dozen fired into Israel on Friday.


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