Two Israelis were killed and nine others, including five children, were wounded in a roadside bomb attack against a school bus in the Gaza Strip. The powerful bomb blew apart a section of the reinforced bus, which was carrying children and teachers to an elementary school in a Jewish settlement in Gaza.
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