Reports: “Work Accident” blows up home of senior terrorist in southern Gaza

There are numerous reports of an explosion at the home of a senior Palestinian terrorist in southern Gaza resulting from a so-called “work accident.”
The Times of Israel reports:
Hamas tunnel engineer “working on a tunnel underneath his home when it collapsed and killed him”

A “work accident” is a commonly used term to refer to Palestinian terrorists who die by their own hand when explosives or explosive devices they are handling detonate prematurely, or when a tunnel they are constructing collapses.
We have covered many such incidents:
Hamas member killed in “accidental explosion during preparation and training”

Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades member Daoud Rezeq Eid Jneid is the latest victim of a Palestinian “work accident”.
A “work accident” is a commonly used term to refer to Palestinian terrorists who die by their own hand when explosives or explosive devices they are handling detonate prematurely. We have covered many...
Hamas Commander killed at Gaza border when ‘hand grenade’ exploded prematurely

Consider this part of the Palestinian terrorist “work accident” series.
A “work accident” is a commonly used term to refer to Palestinian terrorists who die by their own hand when explosives or explosive devices they are handling detonate prematurely. We have covered many such incidents.
Hamas Bomb Expert Blows Himself Up

We have covered several instances where Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist commanders and bomb experts have blown themselves up or otherwise killed themselves in what euphemistically are called “work accidents.”
Sometimes it clearly was an accident, sometimes there is suspicion that Israel was behind it:
Palestinian rocket commander ‘accidentally’ blows himself up

We have covered numerous examples of Palestinian terrorists blowing themselves up during what are called “work accidents.”
In some of the cases it’s clear that it was a self-inflicted martyrdom, in others it’s suspicious that perhaps the Israelis had a hand:
Hamas terrorist killed when attack tunnel collapses on him

The International Middle East Media Center, a Palestinian news group, reports that Hamas al-Qassam brigade member Tha’er Nayef az-Zare’ey was killed yesterday when a tunnel he was in collapse.
While IMEMC refers to the tunnel as a “siege-busting tunnel,” the location in the central Gaza strip, far from the Egyptian border, demonstrates that...
Senior Hamas terrorist Imad al-Alami *accidentally* shoots himself in the head

One of our Top Ten “Fun” posts for 2017 concerned Muhammad Hemada Walid al-Quqa, the Hamas explosives chief who accidentally blew himself up. It’s what’s often called a “work accident.”
There was just another supposed work accident by another senior Hamas terrorist, who shot himself in the head while inspecting his weapon....
Hamas explosives chief accidentally blows himself up

Muhammad Walid al-Quqa, the explosives chief of Hamas, reportedly blew himself up in what commonly is referred to as a “work accident.”
The Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reports:
A Hamas fighter succumbed on Sunday to wounds he sustained a day earlier in an “accidental explosion” in the northern Gaza Strip, the Ministry of...