The gunmen, mostly members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, were stripped to their underwearand blindfolded before being allowed to seek refuge in Israel Photo: AP
From the International Herald Tribune:
GAZA: About 30 pro-Fatah Palestinians who had fled to Israel after fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip were sent back to the enclave Sunday by Israel, and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, said its forces had immediately detained them.
The refugees who returned were among 180 supporters of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah who were granted refuge in Israel on Saturday after 11 Palestinians were killed and more than 90 wounded during a Hamas assault on their Gaza City neighborhood.
Several other fugitives were to be taken to the West Bank city of Ramallah, where Abbas's government is based, Fatah sources said.
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More News On Fatah And Hamas
Fatah orders its fleeing fighters back to Gaza -- The Telegraph
Fatah militants forced back to Gaza to face Hamas after clashes -- Independent
Hamas arrests Fatah men sent back to Gaza -- AFP
'They will cut us to pieces': Fatah fugitives sent back to Gaza -- ABC News.net
Gaza's war of nerves -- Haaretz
My Comment: So after getting no volunteers, lots were drawn to see who were the "lucky" ones. Something in my gut tells me that a Hamas jail is a place that you do not want to be a prisoner of.
This is a disaster for Fatah and for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. By abandoning his men to this fate, he has just undercut the moral for all the soldiers that are under his command.
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