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Blast kills Islamic Jihad chief Blast kills senior Gaza militant
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An Islamic Jihad commander was among at least six people killed in an explosion at his Gaza Strip home that wounded more than 40 others. A senior militant from the Islamic Jihad movement is among at least seven people killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip, which injured more than 40.
The blast flattened the Bureij refugee camp home of Ayman al-Fayed - known as Abu Abdallah - and damaged several nearby houses, witnesses said. The blast destroyed the home of the commander, Ayman Fayed - known as Abu Abdallah - in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
An Islamic Jihad spokesman accused Israel of targeting the house in an air strike, and vowed revenge.An Islamic Jihad spokesman accused Israel of targeting the house in an air strike, and vowed revenge.
Israel said it has no knowledge of a raid being carried out on the area. Israel said it had no knowledge of a raid being carried out on the area.
Officials from Hamas, the Islamist party which last year seized the Gaza Strip from the secular Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the cause of the blast was unclear.Officials from Hamas, the Islamist party which last year seized the Gaza Strip from the secular Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the cause of the blast was unclear.
Vengeance vowVengeance vow
Two of al-Fayed's children were also killed in the blast, Palestinian medics said, while the fate of his wife and three other children was unclear. The wife and two of Mr Fayed's children were killed in the blast, Palestinian medics said.
"We will respond to this Zionist massacre painfully," said Abu Ahmed, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad's armed wing. The death toll is expected to rise as there are reported to be people still trapped under the debris. Emergency services say the rescue operation will go on through the night.
"We will strike the enemy everywhere," he told Reuters news agency. Abu Ahmed, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad's armed wing, told Reuters news agency that the group would avenge "this Zionist massacre" and "strike the enemy everywhere".
Earlier this month, Israeli ministers said they may step up efforts to kill militant leaders in Gaza. Israel has been responding to rocket fire from Gaza with tough military action. In less than three months more than 150 Palestinians - mainly militants - have been killed.
Bureij is the smallest but most densely populated of eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.Bureij is the smallest but most densely populated of eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.