Israeli Beach Bombing Aftermath Photo's

Palestinians examine a beach in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahya where at least seven people were killed and 20 injured Friday. According to Palestinian officials, shells fired by an Israeli gunboat hit the beach during a family picnic.

The Israel Defense Forces said it was firing on rocket-launching areas in Gaza after a militant attack earlier in the day. The target areas were believed to be uninhabited, an IDF spokesman said. Click through the gallery to see more images from Friday's events.



A Palestinian man reacts as the wounded and dead, including children, arrive at a hospital in Beit Lahya.



A Palestinian woman injured Friday on the beach is wheeled into the hospital.



Gunmen fire into the air as wounded civilians are carried into the hospital in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahya.



Palestinians gather around the smoldering wreckage of a vehicle destroyed Friday in an Israeli airstrike.

The Israel Defense Forces say militants in a car had launched a rocket attack on Israel from near the village of Beit Lahya. Three Palestinian militants were killed in the airstrike, officials said. The dead were identified by Palestinians as members of the Popular Resistance Committees.



Palestinians demonstrate outside the Palestinian parliament building in Gaza City following the deaths on the Gaza beach. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days of mourning for the victims.

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