'Weapons storage' blast in Gaza kills 2, wounding 10

Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed during a deadly explosion resulting from improperly stored weapons in the Gaza Strip, local sources said on Wednesday. 

"Nidal al-Attal, in his 20s, and Mira al-Attal, a nine-year-old child, were killed during the incident that took place in Khan Younis city in the south of the coastal enclave," the Hamas-run health ministry said in a press statement. Ten others were wounded. 

"The bodies arrived in pieces to the hospital while some of the injuries arrived in critical condition," medical sources said to The New Arab. 

In a brief statement, Iyad al-Bozzom, spokesperson of the Hamas-run interior ministry said, "The cause of the explosion was still under investigation."

No further details were given. 

According to local eyewitnesses, Nidal al-Attal was "a militant in Islamist groups" and "was trying to disable one of the homemade missiles which led to the explosion." 

"When we heard the explosion, we thought that Israel had launched a new military escalation against us (...) then, we realized that it was an internal incident," the witnesses said.  

Social media activists shared alleged pictures and videos of the incident. 

The New Arab attempted to speak with the victims' relatives but they had no comment.