5-year-old boy said killed, brother badly hurt in Gaza blast
Explosion in Jabaliya refugee camp reportedly caused by leftover IDF ordnance from 2014 war with Hamas
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Illustrative image of an explosion in the Gaza Strip on August 6, 2015 (screen capture: Ebrahim Jihad Yousif/Facebook)
A 5-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and his six-year-old brother was badly hurt in an explosion in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday night.
The blast in Jabaliya refugee camp was caused by unexploded Israeli ordnance from the 2014 Gaza war, according to reports in the Arabic-language media.
The child killed in the blast was named as Suhayb Saqir.
AP and APF contributed to this report.
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