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Gaza: Hamas militiamen kill 3 Palestinians

Source: CCTV.com | 01-04-2007 08:54

A resurgence in factional violence in Gaza killed three Palestinians on Wednesday, sparking fears of the collapse of an already fragile truce between Hamas and Fatah.

Several gunmen ambushed Fatah-allied Palestinian security officers in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis late in the afternoon. They blasted the police car with bullets and a rocket-propelled grenade killing two officers.

Fatah officials are blaming Hamas militiamen for the attack. Officials say that just before the ambush, the security officers stormed a house where they believed a colleague who'd been kidnapped earlier in the day was being held.

Also on Wednesday, a 25-year-old militant from President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party was shot and killed in the town of Beit Lahiya. This triggered a fresh round of gun-fights that sent rival gunmen back out onto the streets

 

Editor:Du Xiaodan