Field Update

On Wednesday morning, an explosion
occurred in an apartment building in Gaza City, killing a member of the
Palestinian resistance and injuring 5 persons, including a couple and their two
children.

According to investigations
conducted by PCHR, at approximately 09:30 on Wednesday, a explosion from an
unknown source occurred in a rented flat in a 3-storey apartment building in
al-Sahaba Street in the east of Gaza City. As a result, a man was killed and 5 persons, including a couple and
their two children, were moderately to seriously injured. The Palestinian police arrived at the scene
and opened an investigation. 

The official web site of the
‘Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) identified the man who
was killed as one of their members – Abu Dajana ‘Abdul Rahman, 23, from the Sheikh
Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City – and stated that he was killed in the course
of a Jihad mission. 

The Palestinian Centre for Human
Rights reiterates its call for Palestinian resistance groups not to store
explosives in residential areas to avoid hurting civilians, and states that the
storage of weapons in civilian-populated areas constitutes a violation of
international legal rules related to the protection of civilians.