A huge fire ripped through a house in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including children, officials in the Palestinian enclave said. The causes of the overnight disaster were not immediately known, but authorities from Hamas, the ruling movement in Gaza, said the fuel was stored in the three-story house in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Loop.
“At least 20 bodies of burned people have been taken to the hospital” in Jabaliya, said Salah Abou Leila, director of the facility. An unknown number of people were injured.
According to him, at least seven children are among the dead. Hamas and the emergency services in Gaza reported 21 deaths in the disaster. A crowd of people gathered on the street in front of the burning house. Columns of smoke were escaping from the concrete building.
Firefighters then managed to control the blaze, Hamas added. Police and paramedics were still on the scene after the fire was extinguished.
“Israel is ready to help residents who have been injured”
The Palestinian Authority has asked the Israeli authorities to open the Erez crossing so that the wounded can be treated, if necessary, outside the Gaza Strip, an enclave that has been under Israeli blockade for more than 15 years, said a responsible, Hussein al. -Sheikh.
A spokeswoman for COGAT, the Israeli Defense Ministry body that oversees civilian activities in the Palestinian territories, told AFP that Israel will offer “if necessary, any necessary assistance through the d’Erez crossing.”
On Twitter, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the State of Israel “expresses its deep sadness at the terrible tragedy in Gaza.” “Israel stands ready to help residents who have been injured,” he added.
Jabaliya is a refugee camp but, like many of these Palestinian camps, for years it has included buildings and buildings and looks like a town.
Source: BFM TV
