Abbas, Hamas forces expanding
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KARNI, Gaza Strip  - Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite a unity government deal, Palestinian and Western officials said.
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Gunmen of rival factions Hamas and Fatah sharply escalated their fight for supremacy in what is beginning to look increasingly like a civil war.
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Palestinian security forces will deploy to the Gaza Strip's borders with Israel within days to enforce President Mahmoud Abbas's order to halt militant attacks, their top commander said on Wednesday.
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President Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces to deploy across Gaza on Tuesday after the killing of three young sons of one of his loyalists shocked Palestinians and stoked fears of internal strife.
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Palestinian security forces took up  positions on Friday across northern Gaza to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.
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JERUSALEM -- President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said yesterday.
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas changes the election law, which could boost his Fatah party against Hamas.
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Security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank on Friday and firefights erupted between the rivals in Gaza, pushing the Palestinians closer to civil war.
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Israel's prime minister on Wednesday   ordered the army to expand an offensive against the ruling   Palestinian movement Hamas after its armed wing fired a missile   from Gaza into a major Israeli city for the first time.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday.
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Israel poured reinforcements into the  northern Gaza Strip on Friday, expanding a ground offensive  intended to stop rocket attacks on Israeli towns and killing  two Hamas militants in a missile strike.
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Two Palestinians described as militants are killed in air raids, as Israel expands a big operation in north Gaza.
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The ruling Hamas group accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah of starting a war after his security forces opened fire on Friday on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and firefights broke out in Gaza.
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President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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The Hamas party further consolidated its control of northern Gaza today in Palestinian factional battles.