Palestinian boy killed as hand grenade explodes

Gaza City: A 13-year-old Palestinian boy died in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after a hand grenade he found reportedly exploded. The Hamas-run Health Ministry said that Mohamed Elbaz died in the central Gazan town of Deir El Ballah. Security sources in the town said that the boy had picked up a hand grenade he had found and that it exploded while he was carrying it. It is unclear where the grenade came from. (dpa)