Five killed in mysterious Gaza explosion

GAZA - A sudden mysterious explosion in central Gaza Strip killed Saturday night five Palestinian militants, Palestinian paramedics and witnesses said. The circumstances of the blast are still unknown.

The witnesses said that a huge explosion was heard south of the central Gaza Strip town of Deir el-Balah. They said that ambulances rushed to the place where the explosion took place and evacuated five bodies to a nearby hospital.

The security forces of the ruling Islamic Hamas movement in the coastal enclave began an immediate investigation into causes of the blast.