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Trucefire™ holds despite sporadic attacks
GAZA (Reuters) - A ceasefire between the governing Hamas movement and the once-dominant Fatah faction largely held in the Gaza Strip for a second day despite sporadic incidents of violence on Wednesday. Hospital officials said Bashir Issa, a member of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, was in critical condition after being shot by gunmen who opened fire from a car in Gaza City. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Probably leprechauns. Hey, Bashir. Does it hurt more or less if your gunned down during a ceasefire?
Who timed it? The ceasefire went into effect on Tuesday after the deaths of at least 30 Palestinians in the fiercest internal Palestinian violence since Hamas, an Islamist group, defeated the long-dominant Fatah faction in an election a year ago. Shops and schools had shut down during five days of bloodshed that preceded the agreement by the feuding factions to pull back from what many Gazans described as a rush toward civil war. The violence had derailed unity government™ talks between Hamas and Fatah and prompted some families in the coastal strip to flee their homes. Derailed the talks. Can ya beat that... The truce was initially threatened when Hamas blamed the Preventive Security Service for the killing on Tuesday of one of its commanders, Hussein Shabasi. Hospital officials said Shabasi was shot in the head in the town of Khan Younis. The security service denied any connection with his death. Leprechauns, jinns, jealous husband? Who knows. It's a mystery... Posted by: tu3031 2007-01-31 |
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