NEW : `` Israel has no intention of bringing about a deterioration of the situation , '' Netanyahu says . NEW : `` The massacre ... is a war crime , '' says Hamas . Four Palestinian militants were killed Tuesday evening . This story was reported by Reuters, and it appears in print on December 19, 2011.
NEW : `` Israel has no intention of bringing about a deterioration of the situation , '' Netanyahu says . NEW : `` The massacre ... is a war crime , '' says Hamas . Four Palestinian militants were killed Tuesday evening . Israel says mortars and rockets have been fired from Gaza into southern Israel .