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Israel Pounds Hamas Targets in Gaza Strip

Rice voices concern after retaliatory strikes kill militants, baby

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(Newser) – Israel hit targets inside the Gaza Strip today, including an apparent warning attack near the Hamas PM's home, after a rocket killed an Israeli student, Reuters reports. Two days of violence have left 17 Palestinians dead, including a 6-month-old baby who died when a strike on a Hamas-run ministry damaged nearby buildings. Condoleezza Rice decried the strikes' civilian toll after meeting with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo.

"I am concerned about the humanitarian conditions there and innocent people in Gaza who are being hurt," Rice said. Yesterday's attack by the Islamic group was the first to kill an Israeli in nine months, and Olmert made clear Israel would keep hitting back. "We will make the terrorists pay a very painful price," he vowed.

Israeli residents of the Sderot block the main road leading to the town in protest after more than 30 rockets hit southern Israel Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. A Palestinian rocket slammed into a college campus in Sderot on Wednesday, killing a student, and another exploded near a hospital in a...
Israeli residents of the Sderot block the main road leading to the town in protest after more than 30 rockets hit southern Israel Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. A Palestinian rocket slammed into a college...   (Associated Press)
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak, center, and an Israeli police officer hold a homemade rocket fired earlier by Palestinian militants in Gaza killing an Israeli man, during a visit to Sderot, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Israeli planes blasted Hamas government buildings and metal workshops in Gaza late Wednesday, killing a...
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak, center, and an Israeli police officer hold a homemade rocket fired earlier by Palestinian militants in Gaza killing an Israeli man, during a visit to Sderot,...   (Associated Press)
Palestinians gather to inspect the damage caused by an Israeli air strike on the Hamas-run Interior Ministry offices in Gaza City, late Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Israeli planes blasted Hamas government buildings and metal workshops in Gaza late Wednesday, killing a baby and wounding more than 30 people, hitting back...
Palestinians gather to inspect the damage caused by an Israeli air strike on the Hamas-run Interior Ministry offices in Gaza City, late Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Israeli planes blasted Hamas government...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert greet each other at the start of their breakfast meeting in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. After the meeting Rice said that Hamas rocket attacks...
In this photo released by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert greet each other at the start of their breakfast meeting in...   (Associated Press)
Palestinians inspect the scene following an Israeli missile strike on the Interior Ministry building of the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza City, late Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Israeli planes blasted Hamas government buildings and metal workshops in Gaza late Wednesday, killing a baby and wounding more than 30 people, hitting...
Palestinians inspect the scene following an Israeli missile strike on the Interior Ministry building of the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza City, late Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Israeli planes blasted...   (Associated Press)
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