Gaza City – Fire Kills 3 Gaza Kids, Sparks Accusations Over Power Crisis

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    Palestinian children look through a hole in a wall at a burned bedroom where three children were killed by candle sparked on their family house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, May. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)Gaza City – Three Palestinian children have died in a Gaza house fire started by a candle, sparking internal finger-pointing over the coastal territory’s lingering power crisis.

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    Gaza’s Islamic Hamas rulers are accusing the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority of imposing taxes on fuel for Gaza’s lone power plant, worsening the crisis and raising the daily blackout to 18 hours. The authority rejects Hamas’ accusations and says the militant group has prevented it from working in Gaza.

    The incident also sparked rare local criticism of Hamas policies, with some Gaza residents accusing it of diverting its scarce electricity to its attack tunnel network against Israel instead.

    Hamas organized Saturday’s funerals for the children and its security services deployed police along the funeral procession’s route to quell any disorder and outward protests.
    The mother of three children who were killed in a fire caused by a candle mourns during their funeral in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, May. 7, 2016. Three Palestinian children have been killed in a Gaza house fire started by a candle, sparking internal finger-pointing over the coastal territory's lingering power crisis. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)


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    bennyt
    bennyt
    7 years ago

    That’s 3 less future terrorists to worry about.

    AlbertEinstein
    AlbertEinstein
    7 years ago

    What? Not blaming Israel? Amazing!

    rebbeice
    rebbeice
    7 years ago

    its early .The accusations are coming !!

    7 years ago

    The Arab leaders have been blaming Israel for years to direct attention from their own misuse of funds and generally the low class stupid Arab citizens believe all of this.
    Maybe this time the simple peasant Arabs realize that their government is not for the people but against them and the real cause of their economic problems and not Israel.