Bloody day in Gaza raises civil war fears
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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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Palestinians battled on across the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday and six more factional fighters were killed, raising the death toll to 53 in four days of the fiercest internal fighting in months, hospital officials said.
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The Palestinians seemed to edge toward open civil conflict as Hamas accused Fatah of trying to assassinate the prime minister.
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Palestinian gunmen exchanged gunfire in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing one person and wounding seven in the latest flare-up of violence between the rival Hamas and Fatah groups which underscores the fragility of their power-sharing deal.
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At least seven Palestinians were killed in one of the bloodiest days for Hamas since it took control of the Gaza Strip three weeks ago.
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Recent allegations of atrocities committed by Israeli troops against Palestinians have overshadowed news of renewed violence in the Gaza Strip.
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Gun battles raged between Hamas loyalists and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces in Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least three people and reviving fears the strip was slipping closer to civil war.
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Gunbattles raged between Hamas loyalists and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least three people and reviving fears the strip could slip into civil war.
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In some of the heaviest fighting since the elections in January, Hamas and Fatah battled in Gaza today, as Hamas forces tried to disrupt Fatah-organized protests over unpaid government salaries.
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SundayÂs clashes were among the most severe between the Palestinian factions since Hamas won the vote.
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Israeli forces and Palestinian militants have been involved in hours of clashes in the Gaza Strip. The fighting erupted after an Israeli tank was hit by a bomb planted by the Hamas militant group.
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Gunmen from rival Palestinian factions clashed on the streets of Gaza on Friday in the latest round of internal violence that has brought the coastal territory to the brink of civil war, security sources said.
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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 gunmen have confronted a column of Israeli armoured vehicles in the Gaza Strip, sparking a fierce firefight which has left at least one dead and five wounded.
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Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian   militants after entering a village in the southern Gaza Strip   on Saturday, Palestinian witnesses said.
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Palestinian militants armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades battled Israeli helicopters and tanks Thursday in the bloodiest day since Israel invaded Gaza over a soldier&#039;s capture. At least 21 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Rival gunmen exchanged fire at two Gaza hospitals yesterday and Cabinet ministers fled their weekly meeting after the government headquarters was caught in the crossfire of a brutal day of infighting that killed 17 Palestinians.