--- description: Israel and Hamas blame each other for blasts that killed at least 10 children and injured dozens of others just hours after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon demanded an end to the violence title: Gaza Bloodshed Continues Despite UN’s Call For Cease-Fire image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72a036bce03481b0/69869d75cd804d7b31ccc235/gaza-israel-cease-fire.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gaza Bloodshed Continues Despite UN's Call For Cease-Fire by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2014 9:13 PM CUT  Palestinian mourners cry at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after an explosion killed at least seven children in a public playground in the beachfront Shati refugee camp on July 28, 2014 Palestinian mourners cry at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after an explosion killed at least seven children in a public playground in the beachfront Shati refugee camp on July 28, 2014Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2014 9:13 PM CUT  Palestinian mourners cry at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after an explosion killed at least seven children in a public playground in the beachfront Shati refugee camp on July 28, 2014 Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty Images   Palestinian men rush the bodies of two dead children from the emergency room to the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, July 28, 2014. Oliver Weiken—EPA  Young Palestinians react shortly after an airstrike in Gaza City, 28 July 28, 2014. Oliver Weiken—EPA  A Palestinian medic carries the body of a child, killed in an explosion in a public playground on the beachfront of Shati refugee camp, in the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City on July 28, 2014. Marco Longari—AFP/Getty Images  Palestinian men react after the bodies of several children arrived in the morgue of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, July 28, 2014. Oliver Weiken—EPA  The body of a Palestinian child, killed in an explosion in a public playground on the beachfront of Shati refugee camp, is seen in the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City on July 28, 2014. Marco Longari—AFP/Getty Images  A toy gun lies in pool of blood at the site of an explosion in a public playground in the beachfront Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 28, 2014. 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