Three Palestinian children died in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip on Sunday night after their family home caught fire, medical sources said.
The civil defense department said that the fire started when a candle ignited petrol in their home and led to the tragedy.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for the higher committee of ambulance and emergency, said that the death of the three siblings, Sabri, Nadin, and Farah, was the result of the power crisis in Gaza.
He held those blockading the enclave responsible for the death of the three children, and asked the international organizations to assume their duties toward the humanitarian tragedy befalling the Strip.
Gaza Strip has been suffering a power crisis for more than a month and people resort to candles as a source of light as power outages reach around 18 hours per day.
