Seven Palestinians were killed on the 15th day of the ongoing Israeli military operation in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian medical sources said.

A Palestinian militant was killed and four others injured Wednesday night as an unmanned Israeli drone plane fired one missile at a group of Hamas militants who were planting a roadside bomb.

Earlier, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead and another4-year-old boy critically injured in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah by Israeli gunfire.

In the northern area of the Gaza Strip, three Palestinian militants were killed in two separate air strikes Wednesday morning.

In addition, two Palestinians died of their wounds. A 10-year-old schoolgirl was shot and critically wounded on Tuesday as she was sitting in classroom, while a 28-year-old Palestinian died of his wounds in northern Gaza Strip.

The death toll of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli offensives rose to 125, and more than 450 Palestinians were injured.

(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2004)