Toddler killed in Gaza clash

A Palestinian toddler was killed by an Israeli tank in Gaza with two adults as the UN threatened to abort its fact-finding mission to investigate allegations of war crimes in the West Bank town of Jenin.

The child died last night in Rafah after the tank fired on militants who had exchanged shots with Israeli troops. It came as Israel was looking increasingly isolated over its refusal to allow investigators into the country.

Norway has imposed sanctions on the import of agricultural products from Israel. The European Union is threatening wider economic sanctions in protest at the invasion of Palestinians towns and cities.

Israel's security cabinet has voted to block the mission to Jenin twice in the last week and imposed what UN officials said were "ludicrous" conditions. Palestinians have claimed there was a " massacre" in Jenin but human rights groups are less convinced. They accuse Israel of blocking medical aid.