[Reuters] Haitham Tamimi - Fathi Jadua Oweiwi, 75, the head of one of Hebron's largest families, and Naji Mustafa Abu Seneineh, 56, head of Hebron's largest clan, said the power of the clans has prevented Palestinian factional warfare from breaking out in the West Bank on the same scale as Gaza, where dozens of people were killed in December and January. However, in December, a police station in Hebron was attacked in what security sources said was revenge for the killing by police of a member of a leading local clan. The attackers kidnapped 15 policemen, shot six in the legs and set fire to 16 police cars.
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