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Huge blast rocks Hamas training base wounding at least five
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel, Palestinians, Hamas

A huge blast late Tuesday rocked a training base run by Hamas in southern Gaza, and at least five people were hurt, witnesses and a health official said.

Ambulances raced to the scene of the blast late Tuesday, on the site of an evacuated Jewish settlement next to the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The explosion could be heard all over the city.

It was not immediately known what caused the blast. Neither Hamas nor the
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sraeli military had an immediate comment.

Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry said two of the five wounded were in critical condition. He said all five were Hamas militants.

Witnesses said the blast destroyed the base, and a fire was burning there an hour afterward. They said a second, smaller blast was heard about 15 minutes after the first one. Hamas militants kept reporter&away from the scene.

Israel and Hamas have been observing a truce that stopped Gaza rocket fire and Israeli reprisal raids. But in recent days there has been tension between Gaza's Hamas rulers and their rivals from Fatah, which is led by moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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      2.   May there be many more like this one, Allah U-Akbur on their side 00:50  |  Genuine Tosefta 30/07/08
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      5.   1-3 01:16  |  Michael 30/07/08
      6.   What does this do? BOOM!! 01:36  |  Victor 30/07/08
      7.   IT MUST BE A JEWISH CONSPIRACY ONCE AGAIN 03:03  |  HAL TRIPP 30/07/08
      8.   Hamas Terroists blowed themselves up 03:27  |  Fred 30/07/08
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      11.   Late Tuesday, not "late Wednesday" 05:33  |  gideon 30/07/08
      12.   Gaza BOOM 05:42  |  zev 30/07/08
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      14.   next time it should be 200 dead 05:57  |  marcus 30/07/08
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      16.   ugh i told you to flip the 2nd switch not the 1st one 08:10  |  vik 30/07/08
      17.   Once again the Mossad.... 09:05  |  Adrian de Klerk 30/07/08
      18.   hard wired for violence 17:06  |  Dr Noam 30/07/08
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