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28th July 2014, 11:54 AM
Palestinian medics say a strike on a Gaza park killed 10 people Monday, nine of them children, as a three-week-old conflict in the territory continued on the first day of a major Muslim holiday.
Israeli and Palestinian officials are blaming each other for that attack and a separate one at a nearby hospital outpatient clinic.
Initially, the Israeli military said rockets misfired by Palestinian militants hit the park and Gaza City's main al-Shifa Hospital. The military later described what happened as a mortar attack.
Palestinian health official Ayman Sahabani said 46 people were wounded in the strikes. He said the children who were among the dead were playing on a swing in the Shati refugee camp on the edge of Gaza City,
The strike at the park occurred a few minutes after the clinic was hit, leaving several people wounded. Camera crews were prevented from filming the area of impact at al-Shifa.
Gaza's police operations room, Civil Defence and Sahabani said the deaths and injuries were caused by Israeli airstrikes.
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli army spokesman, denied Israel was involved. "This incident was carried out by Gaza terrorists whose rockets fell short and hit al-Shifa Hospital and the Beach (Shati) camp," he said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-conflict-israel-says-palestinian-rocket-misfire-hit-al-shifa-hospital-1.2719818?cmp=rss...
Israeli and Palestinian officials are blaming each other for that attack and a separate one at a nearby hospital outpatient clinic.
Initially, the Israeli military said rockets misfired by Palestinian militants hit the park and Gaza City's main al-Shifa Hospital. The military later described what happened as a mortar attack.
Palestinian health official Ayman Sahabani said 46 people were wounded in the strikes. He said the children who were among the dead were playing on a swing in the Shati refugee camp on the edge of Gaza City,
The strike at the park occurred a few minutes after the clinic was hit, leaving several people wounded. Camera crews were prevented from filming the area of impact at al-Shifa.
Gaza's police operations room, Civil Defence and Sahabani said the deaths and injuries were caused by Israeli airstrikes.
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli army spokesman, denied Israel was involved. "This incident was carried out by Gaza terrorists whose rockets fell short and hit al-Shifa Hospital and the Beach (Shati) camp," he said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-conflict-israel-says-palestinian-rocket-misfire-hit-al-shifa-hospital-1.2719818?cmp=rss...