August 24th, 2020: Yacoub Monther Zeidiyya, 25, was one of four Palestinian resistance fighters killed in an explosion in Gaza City.
Medics and rescue teams first found the corpses of two Palestinians, and later found two others during the search.
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, issued a statement confirming that the four Palestinians are members of the group.
It confirmed their identity as Eyad Jamal al-Jedy, 42, Mo’taz Amer al-Mibyed, 29, Yahia Farid al-Mibyed, 23, and Yacoub Monther Zeidiyya, 25.
The four fighters, from the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in Gaza city, were apparently killed in an accidental explosion, likely during training.
For its part, the Israeli army denied any relation to the incident and said it did not target any area in Gaza at the time.
On Sunday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishermen within one nautical mile off the Gaza shore, while, on Saturday morning, the soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian farmers and shepherds.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army has been bombing Gaza for about two weeks, in addition to escalating its attacks against farmers on their lands near the perimeter fence, and fisherman in Palestinian territorial waters in the coastal enclave.
Mo’taz was from the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC