כאמאס; א. ישראל דערקלערט קריג קעגן אינז

By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel suspended formal security ties to the Palestinian government on Monday in what Hamas said amounted to "a declaration of war".
European Union foreign ministers added to U.S. and Israeli pressure on the Islamic militant group by approving a temporary halt in direct EU aid to the new government.
Thousands of Palestinians poured onto the streets of Gaza, protesting Western aid cuts and a spike in Israeli military *s since election victor Hamas took control of the Palestinian Authority in late March.
An Israeli shell killed a young Palestinian girl and injured 12 others, including five children, when it hit a house in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.
Israel says the shelling in Gaza is meant to combat rocket attacks by militants.
Avi Dichter, a top adviser to interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, told Israel radio that a ground assault of Gaza could not be ruled out.
"We have done it in the past and can do so in the present," said Dichter, who may be appointed to a senior security post in Olmert's new cabinet.
In statements issued in quick succession on Monday, President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas denounced Israel for branding the Palestinian Authority a "hostile entity".
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement in Gaza that Israel's decision to sever contacts with the Palestinian Authority constituted "a declaration of war and a failed attempt to cause internal divisions among Palestinians".

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