Israel 'to step up Gaza shelling'

BBC NEWS

"An eight-year-old girl killed by a shell on Monday has been buried.

She was the 16th Palestinian to die in Israeli air and artillery attacks on Gaza in the past four days.


You [the Israeli army] didn't hit the people who fired the rockets, you hit the little kids and civilians
Mohammed
Father of child victim Hadil Ghraben

For months, the Israeli army has been firing artillery rounds into open areas of northern Gaza in an effort to strike at, or deter, militants.

Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said the shelling was in direct response to militant attacks."