“Security forces” vs. “military officials” in Gaza: Senior member of Hamas military wing hurt.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A senior member of Hamas’ military wing was shot in the chest in a drive-by shooting early Saturday, Palestinian security officials and Hamas officials said.

The shooting came amid growing tensions between the radical Islamic Hamas government and the Palestinian security forces, dominated by the rival Fatah party of moderate President Mahmoud Abbas.

The man, Abdel Hadi Siyam, 35, was taken from the hospital to a Hamas clinic for security reasons, a Hamas spokesman, Abu Obeidah, said.

Siyam, who is wanted by Israel, was fired at in the same neighborhood two months ago by Palestinian security forces, but escaped injury, Hamas said.

A helpful translation table for the somewhat confusing terms used by mainstream media:

“Hamas military wing” = terrorists
“Palestinian security forces” = terrorists
“Senior member of Hamas” = wanted by Israel
“Radical Hamas” = “Moderate Fatah”