Sunday 26 July 2009

One Palestinian was killed and four others missing after explosion of a tunnel


One Palestinian was killed and four others missing after explosion of a tunnel

[ 26/07/2009 - 12:58 PM ]

RAFAH, (PIC)-- One person was killed and four others are missing after the explosion of a fuel line that runs inside a tunnel underneath the border in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.

Medical sources told PIC that Sami Qeshta was killed, at least one other person was wounded and touch was lost with four others in the explosion that took place on Sunday in a tunnel used to smuggle fuel into the blockaded Gaza Strip.

The body of the man that was killed and the wounded man were taken to the Abu Yousuf al-Najjar hospital in Rafah.

In the meantime civil defence teams continue to search for the four missing persons.

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