Gaza - Ma'an - An explosion in the central Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian teenager late Friday, medics and Hamas' armed wing said.
Muawiya Hassanein, head of ambulance and emergency services in the Gaza Health Ministry, told Ma'an that the body of Ahmad Al-Hajin arrived riddled with shrapnel injuries following a "mysterious explosion" in the Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza City.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, announced that one of its affiliates, Ahmad Abu Al-Hajin, 18, was killed during a "Jihad" mission in the Zaytoun neighborhood.
Until now, the besieged Gaza Strip has stayed free of the novel coronavirus spreading across the world. As the Gaza Strip has been under a stringent Israeli-led blockade for nearly 13 years, the spread of the coronavirus - officially known as COVID-19 - has become the topic of discussion for many Palestinians, with some joking that the blockade was preventing them from being exposed.But as authorities in the coastal Palestinian enclave gear up to contain any potential outbreak, serious questions have arisen about the risks and implications of such a scenario. But given its already difficult humanitarian situation and high population density, an outbreak in the Gaza Strip could prove to be catastrophic, health officials have warned. "If the virus enters Gaza and spreads, it will get out of hand," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Majdi Thuhair told Middle East Eye, as he explained that a severe shortage of resources and personnel would make it near impossible
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