Five brothers were injured on Sunday evening when an electricity generator exploded in their home in the northern Gaza Strip, neighbors said.
Locals said a loud explosion rattled the home of the Abu Hajjaj family in Beit Lahiya, when a generator exploded as it was being refilled with fuel. The brothers, aged between five and 15 years old, sustained injuries.
Small generators are common household appliances in the Gaza Strip, resulting from an ongoing power shortage as the Israeli imposed siege continues to limit the entry of industrial fuel to operate the sole power station in the coastal enclave.
In January, three children were killed in a similar generator explosion in Deir Balah, central Gaza.
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