Palestinian rocket kills 2 Gaza girls: medics
GAZA (Reuters) - A rocket apparently fired by Palestinians Friday struck a house in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinian sisters aged five and 13, Palestinian medics said.
Hamas police said they were investigating the cause of the blast in Beit Lahiya village in northern Gaza, which medics said seemed to be due to a rocket aimed at Israel that had misfired.
Gaza militants frequently fire rockets at Israel from the same area.
The incident came amid rising tensions with Israel, with officials threatening stepped-up military action against Gaza militants to stop rocket shootings from the coastal territory.
(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan)
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