One person has been wounded in exchanges of gunfire between members of the Palestinian security forces and Hamas followers near the Gaza City branch of the Palestinian parliament, AFP says, quoting security sources. The Associated Press reported that a firefight erupted near the Palestinian parliament building in Gaza City on Monday and quoted witnesses as saying that the shooting came from an area where a new Hamas militia has been posted. Witnesses said the incident began when members of a Hamas militia came under fire and sought cover in an abandoned building. The militiamen exchanged fire with those shooting at them, the witnesses said. At one point, a Palestinian police car tried to approach, but was shot at. Ambulances raced to the scene.| Okay, the ritual Cursing of the Mustaches has been performed. Now back to seething and kiling Zionists! |
Earlier on Monday, a Palestinian fighter was shot dead in clashes in the Gaza Strip despite pledges by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and the Hamas-led government to avoid escalation of violence. Mohammed Abu Taima, who belonged to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a paramilitary faction linked to Abbas' Fatah party, suffered fatal The head of the security services and one of the most powerful figures in Fatah, Rashid Abu Shbak, escaped unharmed on Sunday after a bomb was discovered outside his home in Gaza City. A day earlier, Palestinian intelligence services chief Tareq Abu Rajab was seriously wounded and his bodyguard killed in a blast in Gaza.
