A Palestinian boy was killed and a youth was seriously injured after an unknown object exploded here on Wednesday.
The explosion occurred in a house in Al-Tufaha neighborhood in the city, killing a child, 13yrs, named Khalil Al-Ghsain, Palestinian medical sources said.
The sources added that the boy was pronounced dead shortly after arriving in hospital, while the injury of another young man in his teens, 18yrs, was seriously injured in the blast, which in turn forced Palestinian security apparatus to investigate the incident.
The blast extensively damaged the house prompting rescue teams and civil defense to search for other victims that could be underneath the rubble, the sources added
Felesteen, a Hamas newspaper, helpfully adds that "internal explosions like these are usually a result of the work of the Palestinian resistance, which operates in extremely difficult security conditions. Witnesses told Anatolia that the explosion was "huge", and led to the fire in the house, destroying the top floor completely."
Ghsain was buried in a Hamas flag.
Terrorists have killed far more Gaza civilians this year than Israel has.
(h/t Bob Knot)