More than 20 people have been killed in a house fire in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. This was confirmed on Thursday by civil protection and the local hospital of the German news agency. Several children are among the dead. At least 21 bodies have been brought to the clinic, according to hospital director Salah Abu Laila. Among them should also be 7 children. The hospital is located near the fire in the northern part of the coastal strip. At least 30 people were injured. The number is expected to continue to rise.
Heartbreaking| At least 21 Gazans, including children and women, have died after a massive fire broke out in a residential building in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. #Gaza stripes pic.twitter.com/4A6FjgkLfK
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 17, 2022
According to the Wafa news agency, the fire broke out in an apartment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip and spread to the rest of the building.
According to the interior ministry in Gaza, large amounts of fuel were stored in the building, according to initial findings. The investigation into the cause of the fire continued. Eyewitnesses reported that a party was going on in the building when the fire broke out. Videos showed numerous emergency services trying to extinguish the flames.
According to his adviser, Hussein al-Sheikh, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared Friday a day of mourning “when flags will be flown at half mast in all official places”.
Jabalia is the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and was established in 1950. Today, more than 110,000 registered refugees live in an area of just under one and a half square kilometers.
About 2.2 million people live in the coastal strip under very poor conditions. According to the UN Emergency Relief Office (Ocha), more than 60 percent of the population depends on relief supplies. Clean water is scarce, electricity is only available for a few hours a day. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, violently seized power in the Mediterranean coastal strip in 2007. Israel then tightened a blockade of the area, backed by Egypt. (dab/sda/dpa)
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