Monday, August 4, 2008

Gaza’s Bloody Weekend

Masked Palestinians, members of the Fatah movement, take part in a rally against Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus August 4, 2008. Israel sent 75 pro-Fatah Palestinians who fled the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after clashes with the Islamist group to the West Bank on Monday after reversing a decision to return them to the coastal enclave. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK)

From Pajamas Media:

It was a bloody weekend of confrontation between Hamas and Fatah, in which 11 people were killed and more than 90 — including 12 children — were wounded in the Shujaiyyah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, bringing back the scenes of horror thousands of Gazans are already used to experience. Except this time the blood couldn’t be blamed on Israelis.

Fear was in the air: shops were closed and few people dared to out and pass through the checkpoints Hamas security forces established around the region.

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More News On The Fatah - Hamas Conflict

Hamas frees top Fatah leader in Gaza -- Yahoo News/AFP
Sources: Fatah family held in Israel after escaping Gaza -- CNN
Hamas arrests Fatah men sent back to Gaza -- Yahoo News/AFP
Palestinians who fled Gaza en route to Jericho -- Ynet News
Israel allows Fatah fighters who fled Gaza to take refuge in West Bank -- Times Online
Fatah Gaza refugees to go to West Bank -- UPI
Fatah activists from Gaza to be sent to West Bank -- Yahoo News/AFP

My Comment: The Palestinian civil war continues.

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