ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA BLAST Explosion in Gaza Strip kills four, wounds 30; cause unknown
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ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA BLAST Explosion in Gaza Strip kills four, wounds 30; cause unknown
- Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA BLAST Explosion in Gaza Strip kills four, wounds 30; cause unknown
- Date: 6th August 2015
- Summary: RAFAH, GAZA (AUGUST 6, 2015) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT RAFAH HOSPITAL
- Embargoed: 21st August 2015 13:00
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- Location: Gaza
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVADKV32O6Q0Z7939X4ZA4RIN3VI
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
An explosion killed four Palestinians and wounded 30 on Thursday (August 6) in the southern Gaza town of Rafah along the Egyptian border, medical officials and local residents said.
Media outlets of the Hamas Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip blamed the blast on an unexploded Israeli missile from last year's war.
Several wounded who arrived at Rafah's main hospital had to be sent to a different hospital in the southern town due to the large number of injuries.
Palestinian men, women and youths gathered at the local morgue located in the hospital, to mourn the dead.
The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said it was checking the cause of the explosion, which destroyed the home of Ayman Abu Nqeira, a Hamas member.
He was wounded in the explosion and his son and three other relatives were killed, witnesses said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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