Scores of Palestinians were injured, on Thursday, when an explosion tore through a house in a popular market in the Gaza Strip, the interior ministry said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
The blast in the Al-Zawiya area collapsed large parts of the house and damaged dozens of buildings and shops nearby, according to the ministry.
Police explosives engineering teams continue to investigate the causes of the explosion. Civil defense teams and the police were able to control the resulting fire.
Source: Jordan News Agency