Four Palestinians die in blast from ordnance found in Gaza war’s rubble

Four Palestinians from the same extended family were killed and more than 40 others were wounded yesterday after military ordnance exploded in Gaza as residents bulldozed the rubble of their homes that remained a year after the war with Israel.

The death toll made it the deadliest explosion to rock Gaza since the 50-day conflict last summer between Israel and Palestinian militants, said officials from local human rights organisations. It was not immediately clear whether the ordnance was left behind by Israeli or Palestinian forces.

The explosion in Gaza occurred in a crowded refugee camp in the southern city of Rafah when the Abu Naqeira family was clearing the ruins of its home.

Also yesterday, a driver plowed his car into a bus stop near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, seriously wounding two Israeli soldiers. – New York Times