Gaza Mortar Fire Kills Israeli Child

Mortar fire from Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip has killed an Israeli child. Israeli officials say the four-year-old boy died from a mortar that hit near a kindergarten in southern Israel. He is the first Israeli child to die from the violence that started July 8, officials say. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Hamas will "pay a heavy price" for the attack. The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, condemned what he called the "outrageous...

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