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| Fresh killings shatter Gaza truce | |
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| Gunmen have killed at least 13 people in the latest factional violence in the Gaza Strip, ending a third attempt at a ceasefire in as many days. | |
| A dawn raid on the home of a top Fatah official left five people dead, only hours after the truce was agreed by the feuding Hamas and Fatah factions. | |
| Later Hamas gunmen ambushed a jeep and mistakenly killed five fighters from their own side held by pro-Fatah men. | |
| Some 40 people have died since fierce fighting broke out in Gaza on Sunday. | |
| Two members of the pro-Fatah Preventive Security force and a bystander were also killed in the ambush, in the centre of Gaza City. | |
| Press split on crisis Rivals: Fatah and Hamas Palestinians under gun rule Separately, Hamas militants fired barrages of rockets at Israeli towns, in what correspondent said was an apparent attempt to draw Israel into the internal Palestinian conflict. | |
| The violence is the worst since February, when Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a national unity government. | |
| That deal was aimed at ending a power-struggle between the two sides which had erupted into deadly violence in previous months. | That deal was aimed at ending a power-struggle between the two sides which had erupted into deadly violence in previous months. |
| But political differences and rivalries, especially between competing security forces, have remained unresolved. | But political differences and rivalries, especially between competing security forces, have remained unresolved. |
| The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, says that whatever the militants started fighting for, the killings are now in the name of revenge. | The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, says that whatever the militants started fighting for, the killings are now in the name of revenge. |
| 'In cold blood' | 'In cold blood' |
| The latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire was declared late Tuesday night but failed to take hold. | The latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire was declared late Tuesday night but failed to take hold. |
| Within hours, grenades were thrown at a Hamas security force post, reports said, followed by mortar fire targeting the office of Palestinian and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas. | Within hours, grenades were thrown at a Hamas security force post, reports said, followed by mortar fire targeting the office of Palestinian and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas. |
| Israel and its armed forces are watching events in Gaza with concernThe most deadly attack then followed, as some 200 Hamas gunmen surrounded and attacked the home of Rashid Abu Shbak, a Fatah chief who controls three Palestinian security forces, Fatah said. | |
| Part of the house was burned down, and at least five security guards were killed, although Rashid Abu Shbak was not at home at the time, Palestinian security officials and Fatah sources said. | Part of the house was burned down, and at least five security guards were killed, although Rashid Abu Shbak was not at home at the time, Palestinian security officials and Fatah sources said. |
| Fatah official Abdel Hakim Awad blamed Hamas for the killings. | Fatah official Abdel Hakim Awad blamed Hamas for the killings. |
| "All [Hamas] are killers from top to bottom, all are implicated," he said. | "All [Hamas] are killers from top to bottom, all are implicated," he said. |
| "What is happening is killing in cold blood, and this is criminal." | "What is happening is killing in cold blood, and this is criminal." |
| Shutdown | Shutdown |
| The renewed violence quickly undermined Tuesday night's attempt to broker a ceasefire, the third such effort since the violence first flared at the weekend. | The renewed violence quickly undermined Tuesday night's attempt to broker a ceasefire, the third such effort since the violence first flared at the weekend. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY You can't expect any kind of resolution to the conflict in Gaza for as long as Hamas is in power Brad, Japan Send us your comments Gaza city viewpoint Both previous agreements, which have been brokered with Egyptian assistance, lasted little more than a few hours. | HAVE YOUR SAY You can't expect any kind of resolution to the conflict in Gaza for as long as Hamas is in power Brad, Japan Send us your comments Gaza city viewpoint Both previous agreements, which have been brokered with Egyptian assistance, lasted little more than a few hours. |
| The latest accord floundered almost immediately. An Egyptian diplomat was shot in the hand, reportedly as he walked along a Gaza street to test whether gunmen were sticking to the deal. | The latest accord floundered almost immediately. An Egyptian diplomat was shot in the hand, reportedly as he walked along a Gaza street to test whether gunmen were sticking to the deal. |
| Street gun battles had raged throughout Tuesday, with schools and businesses closed and most residents of Gaza City kept indoors. | Street gun battles had raged throughout Tuesday, with schools and businesses closed and most residents of Gaza City kept indoors. |
| In the worst single attack of the unrest so far, at least 14 people died in an attack on a Fatah military training base near the Karni crossing point with Israel on Tuesday. | In the worst single attack of the unrest so far, at least 14 people died in an attack on a Fatah military training base near the Karni crossing point with Israel on Tuesday. |