Israel strike kills 11 in Gaza

Four children, 81-year-old woman included among the deceased

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

• A Palestinian man kisses the hand of a dead relative Sunday in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. President Barack Obama on Sunday defended Israel’s airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, but he warned that escalating the offensive with Israeli ground troops could deepen the death toll a...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—An Israeli missile ripped through a two-story home in a residential area of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, including four young children and an 81-year-old woman, in the single deadliest attack of Israel’s offensive against Islamic militants....

Published: 11/19/2012