GAZA - An explosion inside a building used by Palestinian security forces in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed two people and wounded three others, Palestinian security sources said. The Israeli army said it was not involved in the incident.
"No, no! Certainly not! Hee-hee." | Palestinian sources said the explosion took place in the facilityÂ’s command centre in Jabalya refugee camp.
With any luck it's a shambles. | Palestinian security sources initially said an Israeli artillery shell slammed into the building, and that a captain was killed. At least three others were injured, the sources said. Palestinian security sources later said they were investigating whether the blast was caused by an explosion within the building.
The Al-Jizzers version...
Medical sources say three Palestinians have been hurt by Israeli artillery ordnance in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Aljazeera correspondent Hiba Akila said one of those injured, whose identity was not immediately known, was in a serious condition. "The shell has hit a building near the headquarters of the Palestinian national security in Jabalia refugee camp in northern the Gaza Strip," she said. "The casualties were from the Palestinian national security."
The building was used as a collection point for unexploded Israeli shells fired into the northern Gaza Strip. The shells were later sent to another location to be disabled. The Israeli army denied any involvement in the explosion. Israel has been firing shells into northern Gaza in recent weeks in an attempt to quell Palestinian resistance rocket fire. The cause of the blast, which destroyed a one-floor building inside the compound, was not immediately known, according to Palestinian security sources. |