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Palestinian killed, 20 others hurt in blast at militant's Gaza home (Haaretz)
An explosion ripped through the house of an Islamic Jihad member in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, killing him and injuring 20 others, Palestinian security officials said. The militant, a member of Islamic Jihad's armed wing, was identified as 30-year-old Ala al-Hessi. Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Anass said al-Hessi was killed when explosives he was handling went off.

Officials said children were among the wounded in the blast in the Shati refugee camp on the outskirts of Gaza City. The blast was reported in a densely populated area, near the United Nation's food distribution warehouse.

Israel has not conducted military operations in Gaza since a November ceasefire with the Palestinians. Islamic Jihad has continued firing make-shift Qassam rockets into Israel from Gaza despite the ceasefire, to which it never signed up.

An Islamic Jihad suicide bomber killed three Israelis in the southern resort city of Eilat in January.