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9-year old Palestinian Girl Shot Dead

Children shot

"The cabinet meeting came hours after an 11-year-old boy was shot dead on his way home from school in the West Bank town of Tulkarm, according to Palestinian officials.

Witnesses said Abdelkarim Salameh was hit when Israeli troops fired at a group of schoolchildren who were throwing stones.

An Israeli army spokesman said soldiers fired rubber bullets and tear gas after they were attacked.

Several Palestinian militants have been killed in the past few days
The shooting - in which Palestinians say another 11-year-old boy was injured - comes a day after medical officials said a girl was killed by Israeli firing in the Gaza Strip.

On Sunday, relatives held the funeral for Hanneen Abu Suleiman who was in her home when she was shot, according to reports from the area.

She was taken to a hospital near the Khan Younis refugee camp, but reportedly died two hours later.

A BBC correspondent says there are frequent exchanges of fire in the area between Palestinian fighters and Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian sources said Hanneen was killed by shooting from the nearby Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2612239.stm