Two of the children were infants: one was five months old and the other just ten days old, hospital officials in Gaza told the AP.
According to Israeli statements, the attacks were a response to an attack on Israeli soldiers engaged in "routine operational work" in northern Gaza, Haaretz reports.
Israel's response, in the form of airstrikes and artillery shelling, was reportedly directed at both the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
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