Rival factions clash in Gaza despite appeals
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Rival Palestinian forces exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, residents said, despite appeals for calm from moderate President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.
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Intense fighting continues in  Gaza, as rival factions battle for control of key buildings leaving dozens dead.
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Rival Palestinian factions battled in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, raising the weekend death toll to at least three and 40 wounded in the fiercest internal fighting since a ceasefire was declared nearly a month ago.
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Hamas and Fatah forces fought a major gun battle on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip near the Karni commercial crossing, the most serious flare-up in factional fighting in two weeks.
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Gunmen from Fatah and Hamas exchanged gunfire in Gaza City on Monday, witnesses said, further straining a shaky cease-fire between the rival Palestinian movements.
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In what looked ever more like civil war, the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas battled supporters of the Islamist prime minister across Gaza on Tuesday, the bloodiest day of factional fighting in months.
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A fragile cease-fire between Palestinian factions in Gaza teetered on the edge of collapse Tuesday after Hamas and pro-Fatah forces battled inside a Gaza City hospital and near the Palestinian presidential compound.
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Hamas battled to wrest control of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday from beleaguered Fatah forces in the latest and most brutal round of violence. Each side's supporters have hurled rivals from high-rise buildings, gunmen have roamed hospital wards looking to finish off wounded enemies and ordinary people have huddled at home, not daring to walk the streets.
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Hamas forces armed with assault rifles and clubs beat supporters of the rival Palestinian faction Fatah as they tried to hold street prayers yesterday to protest against the Islamic group's rule in the Gaza Strip.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas vowed to avenge the killing of a top leader in its armed wing in Gaza yesterday in renewed violence that erupted as efforts to form a Palestinian unity government bogged down in disagreement. A Fatah official denied any responsibility for the killing of Ala al-Haddad, calling it the result of a clan feud. The shootings occurred ...
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Hamas and Fatah forces fought a two-and-a-half-hour long gun battle on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip near the Karni commercial crossing, the most serious flare-up in factional fighting in two weeks.
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Three Palestinians were killed in clashes between rival clans in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in the most intense violence since a coalition deal was reached this month between Fatah and Hamas factions, residents said.
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Three are killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip as Palestinian factions challenge the authority of Hamas.
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The worst factional fighting in nearly a month raged among Palestinians in Gaza, with gunmen reportedly firing at the prime ministerâs home and office.
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Hamas Islamist fighters gained ground on Wednesday against forces loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas in battles for control of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian supremacy struggle he termed "madness".
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JERUSALEM -- Gunmen of rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sharply escalated their fight for supremacy yesterday, with Hamas taking over much of the northern Gaza Strip in what is beginning to look increasingly like a civil war.
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Palestinian factions clashed in Gaza on Saturday, wounding five people in fierce gunfire near two universities ahead of talks to patch up a shattered ceasefire.