The cause of the blast is not yet known, with forensic teams investigating the site. While locals suspect a domestic gas cylinder explosion, police have ruled out this possibility, saying that the blast occurred in the bedroom.
The incident occurred at a brick kiln located along the National Highway under the Mirganj police station limits, trapping six workers under the debris.
Three senior figures from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were eliminated, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) confirmed on Thursday.
Pakistan security forces have killed at least 10 terrorists in an Intelligence-based Operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district, Geo News reported, quoting the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday commended the security forces for their remarkable achievement in neutralizing 30 Naxalites in two separate operations in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur and Kanker districts.
The encounter in Bijapur district broke out on Thursday morning during a search operation carried out by security forces in Bijapur district. In a separate operation in Kanker district, four Naxalites were killed during a gunfight near a village.
Security forces have killed a total of 22 Naxalites in two separate operations in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.
"In the incident that happened in Nashik yesterday, two people from the ST community, including the vice president of Ajit Pawar's party, were killed. We are being given evasive answers. When the incident happened in Nagpur, the police commissioner said something else and gave a different st