Unexploded Bomb From Israel's Attack on Gaza Explodes, Injuring 50

By teleSUR

15 May 15

The blast is suspected to be a result of an explosion of a bomb that was left over from last year's Israeli deadly attack on Gaza

blast in the Gaza Strip injured more than 50 people, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. Eyad Bozum, spokesman for Gaza's Interior Ministry, said that the explosion is suspected to be from a bomb left over from last year's Israeli war on Gaza. The incident occured in Beit Lahia neigborhood located in the north of the strip.

"Dozens of people were injured, several of them seriously," Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra told the Associated Press on Thursday. A doctor at Al-Awda Hospital, Baker Abu Safia, said that most of the people who were brought to his hospital were women and children.

Last year's 50-day attack on the strip left more than 2,100 people dead, most of whom were civilians. More than 20,000 homes were entirely destroyed because of Israeli heavy shelling.

In related news, on Wednesday several high profile European leaders called on the European Union to rethink its Israel policy. The group, known as the European Eminent Persons Group and includes former prime ministers, foreign ministers and ambassadors, also expressed serious doubts about the ability of the U.S. to lead substantive negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

The letter, which was sent to the EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, stressed that Israel should be held accountable for its continuing atrocities in the Palestinians occupied territories.