13 injured in 'work accident' at Gaza Kassam training site
Thirteen people were injured on Wednesday in a massive explosion at a Hamas Kassam training site at Rafah in southern Gaza. Eight of the thirteen injured were In a statement Hamas did not give a cause for the blast in the town of Rafah. The Israeli military said it wasn't involved, which suggests that the explosion was an accident.And yes, of course, it's a violation of the Geneva Convention to locate a training site like that in a civilian neighborhood.
The blast shook through the densely crowded Tel As-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. Hamas said thirteen people were injured during the explosion, including five children and three women, all by flying glass shrapnel.
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The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights has repeatedly called on the territory's Hamas rulers not to store explosive materials in civilian areas. It said a similar explosion in August wounded 58 people and destroyed seven houses.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:21 AM
1 Comments:
They won't stop doing it.
Where's Richard Goldstone when we really need him?
What could go wrong indeed
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