(Maariv) Two senior Hamas militants and a 15-year-old girl were killed and 9 were wounded in an explosion in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza Monday night. Palestinian security sources reported that the explosion was due to a "work accident" in the preparation of explosives. The IDF denied reports that it had attacked the building with missiles. In an unusual step, Palestinian police and armed Hamas activists kept people away from the destroyed house, and prevented reporters from entering the hospital where the casualties were taken.
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