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| 3 Palestinians killed in mysterious explosion in Gaza |
| 2014-04-16 |
| Practicing for ambassadorship? Award-winning snark of the day there... [Jpost] Three people were killed and several others were injured in an accidental explosion Wednesday in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news portal Al Resalah reported. The injured, between the ages of 20 and 30, were transferred to the European Hospital in Khan Younis in stable condition. According to the Hamas-affiliated Al Resalah, the blast which killed the "martyrs" was caused by a fire that broke out in a house. However a spokesman for Hamas's Ministry of Health told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency that the circumstances behind the explosion were not clear. Last month, a Hamas commander was killed in an "internal explosion" in Rafah. According to Palestinian reports, nine other members of Hamas's al-Qassam brigades were injured in what was deemed a "work accident". Hamas named 30-year-old Ibrahim Nagib al-Ghoul as the fatality from the blast. Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that the blast had occurred during a training session on producing explosive devices. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 I still think the Djinn of Electro-Static Discharge plays a big role. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-04-16 22:02 |
| #13 "We are Martyrs. Dum da-dum da-dum dum dum." |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Fillmore7100 2014-04-16 20:51 |
| #12 Actually it's not the red wire/green wire problem as to save money and effort they bought all pink wire since nobody wanted it and they got it dirt cheap. So yeah, who needs to use different colored wires, I mean, it's easy to remember when assembling your kaboomite packages which wire goes were. Location location location. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2014-04-16 20:50 |
| #11 They still don't test for color blindness do they? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-04-16 20:15 |
| #10 The Goldstein & Schultz Electronic Igniter Tracker Beam takes it's toll. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-16 16:22 |
| #9 Mutual of Gaza. Don't leave home without it... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2014-04-16 14:56 |
| #8 Could have been Haliburton Zorch Test. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-04-16 14:52 |
| #7 ... the blast which killed the "martyrs" was caused by a fire that broke out in a house. Let this be a lesson for you. Don't leave the bacon on the stove unattended. |
| Posted by: Creremble Shiling9551 2014-04-16 14:49 |
| #6 Hamas named |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-04-16 13:24 |
| #5 Wonder if the intelligence agencies have been flooding the black market with dodgy detonators |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-04-16 13:20 |
| #4 And by 'mysterious', we mean we don't know whether it was the red wire or the green wire that was the problem. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-04-16 13:04 |
| #3 Sounds like a bomb factory for the stupid, or the color blind, either way. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-04-16 12:33 |
| #2 More details from Ynet here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-04-16 10:50 |
| #1 I'm leaning towards the 'B' answer as the primary cause, with 'A' as Second and Third Order Effects. (A) According to the Hamas-affiliated Al Resalah, the blast which killed the "martyrs" was caused by a fire that broke out in a house. (B) Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that the blast had occurred during a training session on producing explosive devices. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-16 10:19 |