 Unidentified gunmen shot dead an officer from a security force loyal to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza on Friday, security sources said. Members of the Fatah-dominated Preventive Security force had earlier accused Hamas gunmen of abducting the officer during a third straight day of factional violence since the formation of a unity government. | I love the smell of factional violence in the afternoon. Smells like.....popcorn! |
Hamas declined immediate comment on the incident, but said the security officer had been responsible for the killing of a senior commander from the armed wing of Hamas last week. | It's the Cycle of Dire Revenge |
Residents said gunmen from the Preventative Security have been deployed throughout the streets of Gaza.| "Git yer program! Can't tell the gunmen apart without yer program!" |
On Thursday, a Palestinian toddler and a Palestinian man were killed by gunfire during clashes between Fatah and Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip. Aiming to quell the tensions, Fatah's Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas agreed to step up contacts between both sides, a Haniyeh aide said. The toddler, 2, was killed Thursday evening as Fatah and Hamas gunmen exchanged gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said. They said that a female relative of the boy was wounded also by the gunshots.
Earlier Thursday, Samir Hilles, a 48-year-old Palestinian civilian, was shot to death during a showdown between his Fatah-affiliated family and members of a Hamas militia in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials said. At least three Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas agreed to form a unity government last Saturday. |