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Israeli shelling kills officer in Gaza

Palestinian lawmakers reportedly meet in emergency session

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A Palestinian security officer inspects the car where an officer was killed Sunday by Israeli shelling.

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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli soldiers shelled a Palestinian security position in northern Gaza Sunday morning, killing a police officer and wounding seven people, Palestinian security forces said.

The Israeli military said it warned the Palestinian police officer and civilians to leave the area before soldiers began attacking a spot where Israelis say militants have launched Qassam rockets at Israel.

This is the third day of strikes by Israeli Defense Forces against targets in Gaza. Israel has said the attacks are retaliatory. (Watch Palestinians launch rockets -- 2:03)

Israeli airstrikes targeting militants on Friday and Saturday killed at least 14 Palestinians, including a child, according to Palestinian security and medical sources. (Full story)

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh called his Cabinet into emergency session Sunday because of the attacks, the Associated Press reported.

The strikes "will make the Palestinian situation more complex and will increase extremism, and might be the reason for a third uprising [against Israel] that would be more violent and painful," Palestinian Information Minister Youssef Rizka said, according to AP.

Israeli's acting prime minister said the army was authorized to counterattack against militants.

"Security forces will act decisively against anyone who fires Qassam, or anyone who will deal or deals in terror," Ehud Olmert told the Israeli Cabinet, according to AP. "There are no restrictions on security forces in the event they identify danger."

A spokesman for Palestinian Islamic Jihad told Reuters the group would stop firing rockets into Israel for one week, but it would resume the strikes if Israel failed to halt its attacks.

The United States and Israel consider Palestinian Islamic Jihad a terrorist organization.

Other groups have also fired homemade rockets into Israel, Reuters said.

In Sunday's attack, the Palestinian officer died while trying to evacuate other policemen from a makeshift military post, Palestinian security officials told AP.

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