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| Fatah blames Hamas for shootout injuring leader |
| 2010-05-17 |
| [Ma'an] The Aqsa Brigades, Fatah's military wing, accused the Hamas government of opening fire and injuring a brigade leader in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. A statement released Sunday by an Al-Aqsa sub-division, the Nidal Amoudi Brigade, said the Dark Bats -- a moniker given to Hamas gunmen -- opened fire at Hasan Abu Zeid, causing three gunshot injuries to the The assailants The Hamas-Fatah rivalry has been largely focused in Gaza, following a violent civil war between the waring factions in 2007 which led to the Hamas takeover of the coastal enclave. Bids to sign a unity deal between the two factions, sponsored by Egypt, have yet to come to fruition. Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar said Sunday that "Hamas is awaiting a response from Fatah and the Palestinian Authority to a mechanism suggested by Hamas to push forward reconciliation efforts between both sides." A Palestinian Center for Human Rights report said nknown gunmen fired at him after they failed to kidnap Abu Zeid while Bassel Abu Zeid, Hassan's brother, sustained shrapnel wounds in the same incident while attempting to save his brother. According to investigations conducted by the PCHR, at approximately 00:10 on Saturday three masked gunmen fired at Abu Zeid, 33, a member of the Preventive Security Service, near his house in Al-Oyoun Street north of Gaza City. Abu Zeid told PCHR that three masked gunmen in a Land Rover tried to kidnap him when he was near his house. "Abu Zeid resisted and attempted to escape, but they fired at him and at his brother, who came to save him," a statement read. Police arrived immediately at the scene and opened an investigation into the incident, the PCHR wrote, adding that an ambulance took the two wounded men to Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for medical treatment. "PCHR strongly condemns this attack, which constitutes part of the state of security chaos and misuse of weapons plaguing the occupied Palestinian territories. PCHR calls upon the Prosecutor General to open a serious investigation into this incident and to bring the perpetrators to justice." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Dark Bats -- a moniker given to Hamas gunmen Moon Bats -- a moniker given to PCHR Pally rights activists... |
| Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2010-05-17 09:01 |