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Gaza explosion kills at least four (Roundup)

Oct 27, 2007, 13:08 GMT

Gaza City - At least four Palestinians were killed Saturday when an explosion rocked a house in the south-eastern Gaza Strip, residents and security sources said. A Hamas spokesman claimed the blast was caused by an Israeli missile, but Israel denied any involvement. 'The explosion was a result of an Israeli ground-to-ground missile that landed on a house in al-Qarrara area to the east of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip,' spokesman Ihab al-Ghussein said. However, an Israeli army spokesman told radio of Israel that the army had nothing to do with the blast, adding that a bomb or explosives went off inside the house. Palestinian hospital officials said a wounded woman had died in the afternoon, raising the initial death toll from three to four. The officials also corrected earlier reports of the dead, saying all were females, including a four-year-old girl. The other initial casualties were 17 and 19, and the woman who died later was 42. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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