Brazil expresses worry about tension in Israel, occupied territories
Brazil expressed worries Friday about the escalating violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip in recent days, which killed several civilians, including a Brazilian-Israeli.

"The Brazilian government calls on all the parties involved to avoid taking any step to" harm the preparations underway for the removal of the Israeli armed forces from the Gaza Strip, the pullout of the Jewish settlements and the settlements' transfer tothe administration of the Palestine National Authority (PNA) due in August, said the Brazilian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

Dana Galkowicz, the daughter of a Brazilian man and an Argentine woman was killed Thursday in the Israeli city of Netiv Ha Asara in a missile attack.

The attack, claimed by Hamas, broke the truce reached in late-January between the PNA and Israel.

On Friday, Israel killed seven Hamas militiamen in air attacks in retaliation.