Palestinian Civil War Watch
Charles Johnson
Mon May 8, 2006 at 10:15 pm PDT • Views: 242
Nine hurt in new Palestinian gunbattle: witnesses.
GAZA (Reuters) - Nine people were wounded in a gunbattle between Fatah and Hamas fighters in Gaza on Tuesday, a day after three gunmen were killed in clashes, witnesses said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, backed by Fatah, and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, head of a Hamas-dominated government, failed to resolve security issues in weekend talks. Abbas and Haniyeh, whose militant Islamist group won parliamentary elections in January, are embroiled in a power struggle over control of security forces that has intensified Palestinian fears of a civil war.
The witnesses said Tuesday’s clash occurred when hundreds of gunmen roamed the streets of Gaza City’s Tuffah neighborhood. Four of the nine people wounded were Palestinian teenagers on their way to school, said medical staff. Three gunmen were also among the wounded.
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