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Gaza protest erupts in violence Gaza protest erupts in violence
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Supporters of rival Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, are reported to have exchanged gunfire in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four people.Supporters of rival Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, are reported to have exchanged gunfire in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four people.
The gunfire broke at a demonstration against growing lawlessness in the southern town of Khan Younis. The gunfire broke out at a protest against growing lawlessness in the southern town of Khan Younis.
Tensions have soared in Gaza after the brutal killing of three young sons of a security chief and Fatah loyalist. Tensions have soared in Gaza since the brutal killing of three young sons of a security chief and Fatah loyalist.
No group has said it carried out Monday's attack. Fatah and Hamas have both condemned the killings. No group has said it carried out Monday's killings. Fatah and Hamas have both condemned the attack.
Witnesses said some of the injuries occurred when members of a Hamas-formed police militia opened fire on stone-throwing protesters.
Security force members loyal to Fatah reportedly joined in the fray. Hamas said two of its militiamen were wounded.
Medical sources said the injuries ranged from light to moderate. One young man received head wounds.
Reports say the Khan Younis demonstration quickly dispersed, and there were no further signs of unrest
Correspondents say impoverished Gaza could be on the brink of another round of internecine violence after the killing of Baha Balousheh's children as they were being driven to school.
Mr Balousheh is senior officer in the Palestinian intelligence services who in the 1990s spearheaded a crackdown on Hamas.
The militant Islamist group won parliamentary elections in January, beating the mainstream Fatah, which had enjoyed uninterrupted control of Palestinian political institutions for decades.