PALI CIVIL WAR CONTINUES
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Fierce gunbattles erupted in the streets of Gaza City early Tuesday between forces of the rival Hamas and Fatah movements, killing at least three people and leaving a shaky truce in tatters. The sound of automatic gunfire could be heard throughout Gaza City, and a Fatah security installation was attacked with mortar fire. Masked Hamas gunmen set up makeshift checkpoints on main roads, forces from the two sides took up strategic positions, and terrified residents remained indoors in anticipation of further fighting.
At least 18 people were wounded, including five schoolchildren caught in the crossfire of a gunfight, hospital officials said. A Hamas gunman was kidnapped and a top Fatah official's car was attacked by gunfire, the latest unrest in a week of factional fighting that shows few signs of easing despite Sunday's truce declaration.
Gunbattles raged between Hamas loyalists and Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah forces in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding a dozen others. (Ha'aretz)
A member of the Hamas executive force was killed and 11 other Palestinians were wounded Monday in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza. At Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, gunmen from Hamas' elite forces and security officers from the PA intelligence establishment took up positions on rooftops and fired rocket-propelled grenades at each other. Former PA minister Sufyan Abu Zaidah of Fatah was kidnapped and later released after intensive negotiations, as were at least eight other Fatah and Hamas members kidnapped by either side during the day's fighting. (Jerusalem Post)
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