Strike hits Gaza park, killing at least 10

Palestinian Saeb Afana, 12, stands on the edge of a large crater from an Israeli missile strike that destroyed several graves, as he carries flowers at a cemetery in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, July 28, 2014, to visit the grave of a relative, Ayman Afana, 24, who had been killed in an airstrike in the Sheik Radwan neighborhood some 10 days ago.
Palestinian Saeb Afana, 12, stands on the edge of a large crater from an Israeli missile strike that destroyed several graves, as he carries flowers at a cemetery in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, July 28, 2014, to visit the grave of a relative, Ayman Afana, 24, who had been killed in an airstrike in the Sheik Radwan neighborhood some 10 days ago.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Gaza park was attacked Monday, killing at least 10 Palestinians, including children, a Palestinian health official said. Israelis and the Palestinians traded blame for the strike.

Children were playing on a swing when the strike hit the park in the Shati refugee camp on the edge of Gaza City, said Ayman Sahabani, head of the emergency room at nearby Shifa Hospital.

He gave the death toll and said 46 people also were wounded.

The strike on the park occurred a few minutes after the hospital's outpatient clinic was hit, leaving several people wounded. Camera crews were prevented from filming the area of impact at Shifa.

Gaza's police operations room, Civil Defense 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 the Shifa Hospital and the Beach [Shati] camp," he said.

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