PALESTINIAN CIVIL WAR, PART XX

Twelve Palestinians Killed in Fatah-Hamas Clashes, Fatah Gunmen Threaten to Kill Hamas Leaders - Nidal al-Mughrabi
Fatah gunmen threatened on Tuesday to kill leaders of the governing Hamas group after twelve Palestinians were killed and more than 100 wounded in two days of fighting between Fatah and Hamas. (Reuters)

See also Hamas Lost the War for Palestinian Public Opinion - Avi Issacharoff
Palestinians saw scenes on television Sunday of Hamas gunmen attacking unarmed protesters. A few hours after the outbreak of fighting in Gaza, the prime minister's offices in Ramallah, as well as Hamas offices throughout the West Bank, were set ablaze; Hamas officials were shot at and beaten. Fatah's supremacy in the West Bank proved to be overwhelming. (Ha'aretz)

See also Bloody Sunday May Bode War - Khaled Abu Toameh
For most Palestinian newspapers and columnists, the bloody clashes that took place between supporters of Hamas and Fatah in Gaza on Sunday could herald a civil war that has been looming for months. (Jerusalem Post)

See also Rice Working to Calm Fighting Between Fatah, Hamas Radicals (FoxNews)
CAIRO, Egypt — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appealed Tuesday for an end to fighting among Palestinian factions and said she is looking for ways to strengthen President Mahmoud Abbas in his standoff with Hamas radicals who control part of the Palestinian government.

"Innocent Palestinians are caught in the crossfire and we call on all parties to stop," Rice said of the worst Palestinian violence since March. "The Palestinians deserve calm."

New gunbattles erupted Monday night between Fatah gunmen and Hamas militiamen in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, killing two people and wounding 14 a day after a deadly explosion of internal violence paralyzed the Gaza Strip.