Rice tells Olmert of concern about Gaza civilians

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) -

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced concern about Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza. Rice, who met Olmert in Tokyo on Thursday, stopped short of an explicit call for Israel to exercise restraint in dealing with rocket attacks by Hamas. A rocket launched from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip killed a man in Israel on Wednesday, and Israeli air strikes killed six Palestinian militants and five civilians in the territory. Rice will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next week to try to push along U.S.-brokered peace talks complicated by the growing violence.

Source: dawn.com