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Title: Israel-Gaza conflict: 10 Palestinian children killed and 46 injured in strike on hospital and park
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URL Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w ... hospital-and-park-9633796.html
Published: Jul 29, 2014
Author: staff
Post Date: 2014-07-29 23:52:55 by Horse
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Two strikes which hit the compound of Gaza City’s main hospital and a nearby park killed ten children and wounded 46 on Monday – hours after Israel and Hamas had declared a truce.

The park in the Shati refugee camp was hit minutes after a strike on the outpatients unit at the Shifa Hospital on the edge of the city.

Ayman Sahabani, the head of the emergency room at Shifa Hospital, claimed that children were playing on a swing in the park when they were killed. Nine of the 10 killed were children under the age of 12, and 46 were injured. Camera crews were prevented from filming the area of impact at Shifa, according to reporters on the scene.

In Israel, meanwhile, the military said a mortar attack on southern Israel caused "deaths and injuries," but did not disclose further details. Israeli media reported that the attack killed at least four people, which saw military helicopters rushing stretchers away to local hospitals.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) tweeted that Hamas were to blame for the deaths in Gaza, and accused the group of “hit[ting] their own people” with misfired rockets. But officials from Gaza's police operations room, Civil Defence and Sahabani, said the deaths and injuries were caused by Israeli airstrikes.

A short while ago, terrorists in Gaza fired rockets at Israel. 1 of them hit Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The other hit Al-Shati refugee camp. — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 28, 2014

Following the tweet, Lt Col Peter Lerner, an Israeli army spokesman reiterated that Israel was not involved. "This incident was carried out by Gaza terrorists whose rockets fell short and hit the Shifa Hospital and the Beach (Shati) camp," he said.

Israeli media reported that the attack killed at least four people, which saw military helicopters rushing stretchers away to local hospitals.

Kim Sengupta, The Independent's Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent currently based in Gaza, tweeted:

#Gaza horrendous child casualties at Shifa Hospital, Hamas and Israeli military blaming each other.


Poster Comment:

The Hamas rockets are flying pipes. They cannot do the level of damage that American supplied weapons can.

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