Israel PM: 'I'm sorry if civilians injured' in raid

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- 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. CNN has not confirmed this reporting.

"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."

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This is the Palestinian Militants MO - Fight and kill as many Israelis as possible, including civilians. And if you get any casualties, you call them civilian non-combatants. Since none of them wear uniforms, who is to know. I say, if you go to battle and you do not wear a uniform, you are honor less and should be treated as a criminal assassin.