At least 4 killed, many injured in Gaza after Israeli bomb from last war explodes

At least four people – reportedly members of one family – have been killed and more than a dozen injured after an unexploded Israeli bomb from the last war (summer 2014) detonated in the city of Rafah on the Gaza strip.

Palestinian workers were helping a family to remove the rubble from their house, which was at least partially destroyed by Israeli missiles in summer 2014, when the bomb exploded, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told AP.

Between 135 and 200 civilians were killed in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip in an intensive use of firepower by Israeli troops, which lasted from August 1 to 4, 2014, according to an Amnesty International report dubbed ‘Black Friday: Carnage in Rafah’.

The missile was reportedly dropped during the airstrike launched by Israeli forces.

A Palestinian medical source told Jerusalem Post that the dead and the injured were transported to Youssef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah.

Pictures of some of Abu Nqeira family members who were injured during the explosion in #Rafah .#Palestine#Gaza pic.twitter.com/HK7hKNEwj3

— Palestine Social (@PalestineSocial) August 6, 2015

Twitter reports suggest that the victims were all members of the Abo Noqeira (Abu Nqeira) family.