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8 Children Killed in Gaza While Playing on Swings

HeadlineJul 29, 2014

Among those killed Monday were 10 people, including eight children, who died in an explosion in a park near the beach in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Israel denied responsibility, but eyewitnesses said the explosion came from an Israeli airstrike. An aunt of one of the victims said five of the children killed were from the same family.

Faiza Abu Amira: “Our young children were playing on the swings when a rocket hit them and tore them apart on the floor, five children from the same family. All of them died, one of them my nephew. What does Israel want from us for it to do this to our children?”

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