On 17 November 2022, a fire at a

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killed 21 people in the

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in the

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. Most of the victims were from the Abu Raya family who were celebrating the return of a family member who had come back from abroad. Israeli media reported that seven children had died while the

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reported ten. The fire is believed to have come from large amounts of

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somebody had stored inside the building to use a generator. The candles appear to have ignited the gasoline, triggering the blaze. Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...

ordered a national day of mourning to be held in honour of the victims. The

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, Hussein al-Sheikh, asked for

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to open the Erez Crossing in order to let wounded Palestinians seek treatment (the crossing is normally closed because Israel is at war with the

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Islamist

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movement which controls the Gaza Strip).

Israeli Defence Minister The Ministry of Defense ( he, מִשְׂרַד הַבִּטָּחוֹן, Misrad HaBitahon, Ministry of Security, acronym: he, משהב"ט) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Isra ...

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confirmed that the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories was looking to provide humanitarian assistance to the fire victims.

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