Palestinian rocket attack kills toddler

PALESTINIAN militants fired a barrage of home-made rockets at the Israeli border town of Sderot yesterday, killing an Israeli man and a three-year-old boy near the toddler’s nursery as youngsters were arriving at school.

It marked the first time in nearly four years of fighting that Israelis were killed by rockets from Gaza, and harsh Israeli retaliation was expected.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called an emergency security Cabinet meeting an indication that he would seek special approval for military action.