At least 20 dead in Gaza fire: hospital

At least 20 people have been killed in a fire in Gaza, many of whom are reportedly children.

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17 November, 2022

At least 20 people have died in a fire in Gaza [Getty/file photo]

A fire at a home north of Gaza City killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the head of an area hospital told AFP.

"At least 20 bodies arrived," Salah Abu Laila, the head of the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia said, confirming that they had been "burned" in the blaze.

In a house fire, 21 Palestinians died, most of them are children. #Gaza
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Hamas, who control the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave, said the cause of the fire remained unknown and that several others had been injured, without providing figures.

A senior official with the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, Hussein Al Sheikh, said in reaction to the blaze that the PA had urged Israel to open the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel for urgent medical evacuations of serious cases.