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Palestinian women grieving during the funeral of two children killed by a Qassam rocket in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. (Reuters)
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Qassam rocket fired at Israel kills two children in Gaza Strip
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press

A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing an eight-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister, and injuring five other children.

The rocket, fired at Israel, fell short and hit the children's house in the village of Beit Lahiya. No group claimed responsibility.

Moaiya Hassanain, a Palestinian health official, said the wounded were evacuated to hospital for medical treatment.

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The Kamal Adwan hospital identified the dead children as eight-year-old Wesam Abed Allah and his six-year-old sister Hala.

The Associated Press had earlier quoted witnesses as saying the blast was the result of the children playing with a homemade rocket or a mortar shell that they had stumbled upon. It is not uncommon for Qassam rockets fired at Israel to land inside the Gaza Strip.

On Monday, a Qassam rocket hit a preschool in the western Negev, causing damage to surrounding buildings but no injuries.
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  1.   Not the children ... 10:18  |  Dirk 07/08/07
  2.   Yesterday they hit an Isreli kindergarten. The children were not 10:48  |  Rani 07/08/07
  3.   outrageous dereliction of duty by Pal media 10:57  |  Leon Rosgarten 07/08/07
  4.   #3 11:15  |  bill 07/08/07
  5.   BBC 11:25  |  Sam 07/08/07
  6.   #3 Patience, Leon 11:28  |  Yonatan 07/08/07
  7.   Gaza explosion kills 2 children 11:35  |  Dav 07/08/07
  8.   What a lost opportunity to blame Israel 11:39  |  Alan 07/08/07
  9.   They don`t want peace, they just want a victory, any kind will do 11:40  |  CK Tan 07/08/07
  10.   Sam, suprisingly the BBC DID announce it -and Im no fan of theirs 11:41  |  Alan 07/08/07
  11.   a scandal - here is the press? 12:01  |  Evan 07/08/07
  12.   As Golda said... 12:15  |  MaryRose 07/08/07
  13.   Islamofascists at work 12:39  |  maurice 07/08/07
  14.   human rights 13:01  |  ron 07/08/07
  15.   Hamas will say the children died as martyrs... 13:06  |  Nannette 07/08/07
  16.   French and spanish TV 13:23  |  adelphis 07/08/07
  17.   Hamas freed 1 British journalist, kills two children 13:34  |  topanga 07/08/07
  18.   "It Is Not Uncommon" 13:38  |  Clickfool 07/08/07
  19.   Hamas is loosing it 13:58  |  ScotGuy 07/08/07
  20.   # 6 Yonatan - Klickdrool has already proven you right 14:12  |  martyrmaker 07/08/07
  21.   864 Pal. children 14:16  |  Dav 07/08/07
  22.   TO N° 16 FRENCH TV 14:22  |  PARIS 07/08/07
  23.   It is unlikely that with improved accuracy of rockets & long 14:35  |  lakshmi 07/08/07
  24.   The JEWS are at fault 14:35  |  * BEN JABO 07/08/07
  25.   CFOOL Iranian Sihab 5 will soon be able to reach Europe. 14:48  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  26.   LAKSHMI&FOOL if the rockets are now accurate,no more excuses. 15:07  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  27.   CFOOL 15:31  |  FoolClick 07/08/07
  28.   Hey Clickfool was that Mossad too? 15:37  |  ScotGuy 07/08/07
  29.   Luckily, it wasn`t a cluster bomb (the gift that keeps on giving) 15:40  |  Natallie Durson 07/08/07
  30.   Qassan rocket 15:40  |  CK 07/08/07
  31.   I blame the Jews 15:42  |  Steve from Raleigh 07/08/07
  32.   # 18, CLICKFOOL 15:45  |  indrajaya 07/08/07
  33.   Clickfool #18 Some errors. 15:49  |  tor 07/08/07
  34.   NUTallie Durson 15:51  |  * BEN JABO 07/08/07
  35.   N DURSON Hesb. shouldnt have fired cluster munitions at Israel 15:52  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  36.   Clickfool 15:52  |  Honest Observation 07/08/07
  37.   to lakshmi#23 15:52  |  Ilya 07/08/07
  38.   Dumb Comment 15:54  |  Double Click 07/08/07
  39.   Gaining From Palestinian Misery 15:56  |  Clipped Fool 07/08/07
  40.   indrajaya 15:56  |  George 07/08/07
  41.   indrajaya .The sound of silence 16:02  |  Zardos 07/08/07
  42.   The families should thanks Hamas and others killers 16:03  |  Jean 07/08/07
  43.   But I Thought... 16:04  |  Juan Epstein 07/08/07
  44.   to Natallie Durson#29 16:05  |  Ilya 07/08/07
  45.   #18 Clickfool 16:07  |  Peter 07/08/07
  46.   To Click Fool 16:14  |  Yosef 07/08/07
  47.   Clickfoll`s recipe for perpetual ignorance: 16:15  |  Michael Korn 07/08/07
  48.   Ms. Durson, for your information, cluster bombs are legal means 16:18  |  Rani 07/08/07
  49.   NDURSON.Cluster munitions from Hesb fired at Israeli civillians 16:21  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  50.   The well-clipped fool 16:22  |  Avi 07/08/07
  51.   Jew Haters Gain from Death of Children 16:23  |  Tex 07/08/07
  52.   there was a moslem in jakarta 16:27  |  scanadu 07/08/07
  53.   Hey Clicky.. even the BBC 16:30  |  Avi 07/08/07
  54.   to lakshmi#23 16:32  |  Ilya 07/08/07
  55.   Israel haters always say that Qassams are just home made rockets 16:36  |  Nicole 07/08/07
  56.   # 32 Indrajaya 16:37  |  Abu Yusuf 07/08/07
  57.   # 52, SCANADU 16:37  |  indrajaya 07/08/07
  58.   scanadu banadu hiffury hoff.. 16:39  |  gay fool 07/08/07
  59.   AL JAZEERA 16:42  |  Nicole 07/08/07
  60.   Poor Children 16:42  |  Jon 07/08/07
  61.   Mr. Click Fool 16:43  |  David 07/08/07
  62.   NO MENTION ON THE BBC EITHER 16:45  |  Nicole 07/08/07
  63.   Kids (third attempt) 16:47  |  Nik Miller 07/08/07
  64.   #60 16:48  |  Nicole 07/08/07
  65.   Lakshmi et al 16:49  |  ChanahS 07/08/07
  66.   CK # 30 16:51  |  ChanahS 07/08/07
  67.   Something I`m guilty of 16:52  |  Walter 07/08/07
  68.   Sure the UN will send Jimmy Carter to investigate 16:52  |  maurice 07/08/07
  69.   HALLO DORIS THESE OVERSIZE FIREWORKS KILLED YOUR PROTEGES 16:56  |  paul harris 07/08/07
  70.   Arabs and Hamas don`t care 17:00  |  Chick 07/08/07
  71.   Clickfool 17:01  |  Brad 07/08/07
  72.   Clickfool Is Not Answering His Critics. 17:01  |  Why? 07/08/07
  73.   I wonder if the family of the murdered children 17:01  |  ChanahS 07/08/07
  74.   BBC,CNN,State Department,Vatican,Arab League ALL SILENT! SHAME 17:02  |  Tal 07/08/07
  75.   Will all those who yesterday demanded 17:04  |  ChanahS 07/08/07
  76.   Silence is Golden, Ms. Durson 17:06  |  Fish 07/08/07
  77.   where are the loonie lefties ? 17:09  |  alan 07/08/07
  78.   #38 Retard Observation 17:19  |  ScotGuy 07/08/07
  79.   Enjoying the news of children being killed 17:19  |  H50 07/08/07
  80.   #23 2nd TRY Lakshmi 17:19  |  * BEN JABO 07/08/07
  81.   A moment to reflect. 17:21  |  Jacob Blues 07/08/07
  82.   ` Tipol Aleyhem emat vapahad ` 17:23  |  Moshe benTov 07/08/07
  83.   The pals kill children