Written by : Tarek Saqr
21 people were killed and several others were injured as a result of a huge fire that broke out in one of the residential buildings in the Tal al-Zaatar area of Jabalia camp , north of the Gaza Strip.. Civil protection forces and the police rushed to the site of the fire to deal with it. Dr. Salah Abu Laila , Director of Ambulance and Emergency at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza , indicated that there were 21 deaths “as of writing the news” and that this number is likely to increase , while the national and Islamic forces in Gaza declared a state of comprehensive mourning for the lives of the victims of the fire , and called on everyone to mourn. Participate in the funeral of their bodies.
In the same context , Arab Republic of Egypt expressed in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , on Thursday evening , its sincere condolences to the sisterly State of Palestine for the victims of the painful accident , and Egypt offered its sincere condolences to the government and people of Palestine , as well as to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured and In the statement , Egypt affirmed its standing by their side in their painful affliction.