An explosion destroyed a home in Gaza Saturday morning as terrorists attempted to prepare explosives to purportedly attack Israel, according to an IDF tweet.
What terrorists in Gaza tried to do this morning:•prepare explosives to attack Israel. What terrorists in Gaza actually did this morning:•cause an explosion in a civilian area inside Gaza. pic.twitter.com/sDibzoDiAK
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 23, 2021
The explosion took place in the home of a Hamas operative and at least 30 were injured in the explosion, according to Israeli media.
Pictures posted on Twitter by the IDF showed the massive extent of damage to the house from the blast.
Avichay Adraee, the IDF spokesperson for Arabic media, said on Twitter that the explosion was a result of storing weapons in the house. Adraee went on to say that "the story of the house is the story of many homes in the Gaza Strip," that are being used for weapons storage.
"They have turned [homes] into warehouses of weapons, military parts and missiles for terrorist organizations and the people who pay the price in the end are the innocent civilians," Adraee said.
صور الدمار الكبير الذي لحق في منزل في #بيت_حانون صباح اليوم، هي نتيجة تخزين وسائل قتالية داخل بيوت السكان. قصة هذا المنزل ما هي الا قصة منازل كثيرة في قطاع #غزة تحولت الى مخازن أسلحة وقطع عسكرية وصواريخ للمنظمات الإرهابية، ومَن يدفع الثمن في النهاية هم السكان المدنيين الأبرياء. pic.twitter.com/tdVstP9AQT
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) January 23, 2021