Aftermath of explosion in Ramallah which killed two

(30 Apr 2001) 1. Night shot of explosion site and rescue vehicles 2. Grader and ambulance at site 3. Various of rescue workers digging in the rubble 4. Soldiers amongst the rescuers 5. Man digging 6. Medics at the scene of the digging 7. Crowds around the rescue efforts 8. Various of rubble 9. Wider of the site of the blast 10. Various of rescuers 11. Ambulance leaving the site with sirens on STORYLINE : In the West Bank town of Ramallah, a huge explosion late on Monday levelled a two-storey apartment building across from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters - killing at least two people. A man in his 40s and an eight year-old boy were among the dead. A woman aged 23 and a five year-old girl were injured but were in stable condition, a hospital official said. Several people were trapped under the rubble. There was no immediate word about the cause of the blast. Witnesses said it came from inside the building. Arafat was in his headquarters building at the time of the explosion. Earlier on Monday a bomb exploded inside a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian worker and wounding another. Since the fighting began last September, 426 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 71 on the Israeli side. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted on an extended period of calm before relaunching any peace talks with the Palestinians. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...