Palestinians Fear Widening Rift After Rival Groups Clash

(Boston Globe) Anne Barnard - In Gaza City Tuesday, Adel Sweilem saw dozens of Hamas fighters in green headbands who fired AK-47s at a Palestinian police van and then hit it with a rocket-propelled grenade. Three Hamas gunmen then surrounded the policemen, shouting, ''Spies! Collaborators!" and shot one of them at close range in the leg, the latest incident in a weeklong burst of clashes that Palestinians say have been the worst violence between Fatah and Hamas in years.


2005-07-21 00:00:00

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