[AP/Washington Post] Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - A total of 15 people were killed in Tuesday's fighting between Hamas and Fatah, as gunmen in black ski masks took up positions in the streets and terrified residents huddled in their homes. In all, at least 28 people have been killed and dozens wounded in this week's fighting. The current fighting had many of the elements of previous Hamas-Fatah clashes: combatants kidnapped scores of rivals, set up roadblocks to search cars, took over rooftops of high-rises and often fired randomly in crowded residential areas.
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