Gaza blast kills 2 Palestinian teenagers

GAZA, Mar 6 (Reuters) An explosion tore through Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip today, killing two teenage Palestinian brothers in what Palestinian witnesses said appeared to be an accident.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was not behind the blast. Palestinian witnesses said the two brothers, aged 14 and 15, had likely caused an explosive to detonate by mistake.

The teenagers were not known to have been involved in militant activity, Palestinian witnesses and medics said.

Israel frequently carries out attacks against militants in the Gaza Strip, territory it quit last September after 38 years of occupation. There have also been incidents in which militants have been killed by their own explosives.

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