Wednesday, August 25, 2004

PALESTINIAN CIVIL WAR, PART IX

Eight Hurt in Rival Fatah Clashes in Gaza - Khaled Abu Toameh
Eight Palestinians were wounded in armed clashes between rival Fatah militias in Gaza on Sunday. Supporters of former PA security minister Muhammad Dahlan exchanged gunfire with members of the National Security Forces and Military Intelligence, headed by Gen. Musa Arafat, a cousin of Yasser Arafat.

See also Gaza Residents Block PA Officials from Seizing Land - Khaled Abu Toameh
Residents of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday thwarted an attempt by senior PA officials to seize publicly owned land in the Amal neighborhood which had previously been allocated for the construction of a school and courthouse. Eyewitnesses said scores of angry residents, armed with clubs and chains, blocked a truck carrying construction material to the disputed land dispatched by Khan Yunis police chief Jamal Abu Hassan. In the past 10 years, there have been dozens of complaints from Palestinians accusing the PA leadership of illegally seizing control over open lands.

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