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  • Palestinian authorities in Gaza say three fishermen who died in an offshore blast last Sunday came into contact with an Israeli drone that had fallen into the sea and exploded in their net.

  • The Interior Ministry, which is run by Islamist militant group Hamas in Gaza, claimed that parts of an Israeli Quadcopter drone that carried explosives were discovered in the wreckage.

  • Albinism is a spokesman for the ministry.

  • They were killed due to a high explosive device that was installed on an Israeli Quadcopter drone, which was caught up in their net and it was blown up as the fishermen were lifting.

  • Their nets says the drone may have been in the water since an Israeli attack on a Palestinian naval craft on February 22nd.

  • The incident came at a time when Palestinian militants have been test firing rockets into the sea, and a Gaza based human rights group, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, previously said the fishing boat may have been hit by accident.

  • An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment.

Palestinian authorities in Gaza say three fishermen who died in an offshore blast last Sunday came into contact with an Israeli drone that had fallen into the sea and exploded in their net.

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