Gaza fighting escalates but truce efforts renewed
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Fighting between rival Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 17 people, as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze.
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Israel also mounted new air attacks in Gaza today as part of its efforts to stop rocket fire by Palestinian militants.
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Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.
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As many as 12 Palestinians died in four separate incidents on Saturday in Gaza, another day of escalating violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.
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Gun battles erupt in the Gaza Strip between Hamas fighters and security forces, threatening a fragile truce.
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Fighting between Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 15 people as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze.
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The escalation in violence came a day after Israeli negotiators and Palestinian counterparts representing the West Bank leadership started peace talks.
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Palestinians and Israelis moved closer to halting more than four years of bloody violence on Sunday, with the new Palestinian leader saying he had made progress toward a truce deal with militants. Israel pledged for the first time to hold fire if calm prevails.
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A ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, heralding a possible end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and a halt to a crushing Israeli military offensive.
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GAZA CITY -- Ignoring a truce and Arab mediation offers, Hamas and Fatah fighters exchanged gunfire in upscale beachfront neighborhoods yesterday, and Hamas gunmen threatened to attack high-rise buildings unless residents force rival snipers off their rooftops.
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Fighting between Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 14 people as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze.
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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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Palestinian resistance operations against the Israeli forces have been escalated. News reports in Gaza said five Israeli soldiers and one woman settlers were killed in three separate clashes in Beit Hanoun
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Fighting between Hamas and Fatah erupted Friday, bringing a 3-day truce between the Palestinian factions to an end
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Eight people are killed in continuing clashes between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas in Gaza.
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Real fighting and gun battles erupted Wednesday and mounted on Thursday between Palestinian militants groups and the Israeli army in the northern area of the Gaza Strip without seeing an end to it.
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Israel expanded its military offensive in  northern Gaza, launching two air strikes early on Monday that  killed at least three Palestinians and wounded two, including a  senior Hamas leader, witnesses and medics said.