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Hamas militant shot dead in Gaza | Hamas militant shot dead in Gaza |
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A commander of Palestinian militant group Hamas has been killed during a gun battle with rival faction Fatah in the northern Gaza Strip. | A commander of Palestinian militant group Hamas has been killed during a gun battle with rival faction Fatah in the northern Gaza Strip. |
It is the first such fatality since a Saudi-mediated ceasefire between the groups was signed a month ago. | It is the first such fatality since a Saudi-mediated ceasefire between the groups was signed a month ago. |
The man was killed in the town of Beit Hanoun after a shoot-out between the two factions. | The man was killed in the town of Beit Hanoun after a shoot-out between the two factions. |
Each side blamed the other for starting the violence, which shook the town with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. | Each side blamed the other for starting the violence, which shook the town with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. |
Ambush claim | Ambush claim |
The clashes happened just hours after Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas said the members of a newly-agreed unity government would be announced in the coming days. | The clashes happened just hours after Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas said the members of a newly-agreed unity government would be announced in the coming days. |
The Hamas fighter killed was identified as Mohammad al-Kafarna, a member of the group's Executive Force. | The Hamas fighter killed was identified as Mohammad al-Kafarna, a member of the group's Executive Force. |
Hamas said that he was killed after Fatah fighters ambushed the vehicle he was travelling in. | Hamas said that he was killed after Fatah fighters ambushed the vehicle he was travelling in. |
But a Fatah spokesman said that shots had initially been fired by Hamas gunmen on a car carrying members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. | But a Fatah spokesman said that shots had initially been fired by Hamas gunmen on a car carrying members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. |
The agreement between the two groups, signed on 8 February in the Saudi city of Mecca, had brought a fragile end to factional fighting, which has claimed more than 90 Palestinian lives since December. |
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