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Four children among eight killed in Gaza
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Smoke rises from a vehicle destroyed by an Israeli strike early on Saturday. (AAP) AAP
Eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis Saturday, four of them children, emergency services said.
About 20 people were wounded in the strike, hours before a ceasefire was due to take effect, they said. The deaths brought the overall toll of Palestinian dead to 879.
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Israel has agreed to a 12-hour ceasefire, rejecting a proposal by US Secretary of State John Kerry for a week-long halt to the conflict.
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