A statement from the Palestinian Islamist group’s armed wing called the incident a “deplorable Zionist crime” perpetrated against its fighters. The exact circumstances of the blast were unclear and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, provided no further details. Egypt, battling an Islamist insurgency in neighboring Sinai, keeps its border with Gaza largely closed. Two-thirds of the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are war refugees or their descendants. Israel says Hamas is using the protests as cover to try to carry out attacks.

Source: bd News24 May 05, 2018 21:33 UTC