Gaza House Blast: five killedA strong explosion caused the destruction of a house in Gaza city right after sundown on Monday, killing five Palestinians, wounding another 30 people and damaging several buildings nearby.
The
Shajaiyeh neighborhood, close to the Israeli border, was woken up yesterday by a loud explosion in the home of Muhammad Farahat, a martyr fighter belonging to the
al-Qassam Brigades. Eye witnesses saw many buildings nearby being damaged by the same bomb. Some medical sources from the
al-Shifa hospital said that about 35 women and children were among the injured.
Some Hamas activists could be among the victims too but no further details were available about the issue. A Palestinian Interior Ministry spokesman,
Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, defined the blast as "mysterious".
Hamas PositionSami Abu Zuhri, an official Hamas spokesman, was instead sure about the dynamics of the tragedy;
"What occurred was an Israeli crime when an Israeli warplane launched a rocket at the targeted house, killing and wounding a large number of Palestinians...Resistance will continue, while the movement remains committed to the period of calm and is entitled to retaliate for this crime in the proper time and place."
He also added that he didn't know whether or not
Muhammad al-Dhaif, general leader of al-Quassam Brigades, was among the victims.
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