This will teach them maybe to stop taking such PRIDE in their stupid weapons. And now....Hamas is blaming it on the Israeli's to give themselves yet another excuse to use these weapons on Israeli's.



10 Palestinians Dead in Blast at Hamas Weapons Parade

By GREG MYRE
Published: September 23, 2005

JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 - A Palestinian pickup truck carrying rockets exploded today at a large Hamas rally as the group paraded its weapons through a densely packed refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. At least 10 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured, Palestinian medical officials said.

The powerful blast sent a plume of white smoke into the sky and unleashed pandemonium in the sprawling Jabaliya refugee camp, a stronghold of the militant group just north of Gaza City. Body parts were scattered on the ground as ambulances rushed to the scene, and people in the crowd wailed in grief. The casualties included a number of children.

The most likely cause of the blast appeared to be the rockets exploding by accident. A spokesman for the Palestinian Interior Ministry, Tawfiq Abu Khossa, said the cause was under investigation.

However, Hamas said the rockets were dummies and did not contain explosives. The group alleged that an Israeli airstrike was responsible and said it would hit at Israel.

"We cannot remain silent when the blood of our martyrs is spilled," a Hamas leader, Nizar Rayan, said. "Our response will be in action, not words."

The Israeli military, which routinely acknowledges strikes carried out by its aircraft, insisted it was not involved.

"Any attempt to use this incident as a pretext for attacks against Israeli civilians will be viewed with gravity," the military said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/in...d-mideast.html

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