Six Gaza residents, five of them Hamas terrorists, were killed on Thursday, after an explosion caused the collapse of a tunnel under the Saghira
neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City, according to Palestinian Authority officials cited by Agence France Presse. A security source told AFP the "accidental explosion" happened "inside an Al-Qassam Brigades tunnel, which collapsed on some 12 members."
Spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra of Gaza's health services said that a member of the emergency crew dispatched to the tunnel died of suffocation and four others were injured.