GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An explosion tore through a house in a popular market in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing one person and wounding 10, the Palestinian territory’s interior ministry said.
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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
The blast in the Al-Zawiya area collapsed large parts of the house and damaged dozens of buildings and shops nearby, according to the statement. Explosives engineering teams were investigating; civil defense teams and the police were able to control the ensuing fire.
The blast shook the neighborhood on the third day of Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday.
The Israeli army signaled it wasn’t involved, calling the explosion an “internal” matter in Gaza.
Gaza City is already struggling with heavy damage sustained from an 11-day war in May between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. At least 254 people were killed in Gaza during the conflict, including 67 children and 39 women, according to the Gaza health ministry. Hamas has acknowledged the deaths of 80 militants. Twelve civilians, including two children, were killed in Israel, along with one soldier.
The World Bank earlier this month said rebuilding Gaza would cost $485 million, including up to $380 million to repair the physical damage alone.
Making explosives at home can potentially be dangerous and lead to unexpected results.
May they have many more
Yup. One of those them “work accidents”, if you know what I mean…
“The World Bank earlier this month said rebuilding Gaza would cost $485 million, including up to $380 million to repair the physical damage alone.”
That $105 million corruption premium is steep!
Not much mention of the Hamas terrorists using their own people as shields; nor that a large percentage of their dead was from Hamas rockets that misfired (an estimated 33% of all Gazan deaths occurred from Hamas rockets).
Last words “ Mohamed I connect the black wire to red one to prepare the terrorist bomb”, “No! Black to black only!!”
Weapons backfire?
We lose more terrorists that way….
It’s a start! One down!
Oops. Some rockets kept in deliberately populated area exploded.
Well, well.