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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Gaza weekend: Bombs explode near UNRWA and Abbas' house, "work accident"

From TOI:

Two explosions targeted the offices of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA in Gaza City on Saturday night. There were no casualties in the blasts, according to UNRWA and Gaza security officials.

“A bomb exploded near the outer wall of the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza, about ten feet from the door, causing no casualties or damage,” an agency spokesperson, Adnan Abu Hasna, told AFP.

The explosions come on the eve of a scheduled visit by the West Bank-based unity government to the Gaza Strip.
As of this writing, there was no mention of these explosions on UNRWA's website or on spokesperson's Chris Gunness' Twitter account.

Also:
An explosive device blew up near the Palestinian cabinet's headquarters in western Gaza City late Friday, said witnesses.

The explosion was heard near the old home of President Mahmoud Abbas, which was turned into the cabinet's headquarters.
And:
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, said Saturday that a fighter was killed while on duty.

The brigades said in a statement that Nafeth Said al-Mughni from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was killed after being hit with a bullet in an accident, but did not give further details surrounding his death.
Obviously, all of these incidents are because of settlements.