Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apologized after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian infant girl when they shelled the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Force said it was responding to a Palestinian mortar attack on the nearby Jewish settlement of Netzarim.
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