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Four Palestinians were killed and 25 wounded, including two journalists,

Thursday during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of

Ramallah.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he regretted any civilian casualties

from the raid. "I'm sorry if innocent civilians in Ramallah were injured,

but you have to remember that Israel has to take the right precautions

to prevent terrorists from hurting Israeli citizens," he said.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported the four Palestinians killed were civilians.
"Today's incursions were meant to stop terrorists who killed innocent Israelis,"

Olmert added, speaking in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, where he was meeting with

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

"During that action there were shots aimed at Israeli soldiers, and I'm sorry

that things developed in ways that were not planned ahead. It was not our

intention, it was not our will."

Mubarak said he had expressed his "disappointment" about the raid to

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.The Ramallah incursion

was carried out to arrest a wanted Palestinian, an official with the Israeli

government said.

* Source (not title): CNN International.