Fatah storms Hamas parliament
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Fatah gunmen took aim at Hamas rivals in the West Bank yesterday, storming the Hamas-led parliament and ransacking offices of the Islamist group amid fears that last week's fighting in the Gaza Strip could trigger a wider reprisal campaign here.
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About 2,500 Palestinian police, some firing in the air, pushed onto the grounds of Gaza City's parliament while dozens of parents carrying infants broke into a West Bank clinic Saturday in protests against the cash-strapped Hamas government.
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Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas overran two government ministries on Sunday, sealed off the area around his home and battled gunmen from the ruling Hamas group as chaos threatened Gaza.
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Hamas made significant gains against the ruling Fatah party in Thursday's municipal elections.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas gunmen attacked bases of Fatah-allied troops with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades early yesterday , part of a four-day campaign by the Islamic militants to weaken the security forces loyal to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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A Hamas-led security force said on Sunday it found a bomb outside the parliament building in the Gaza Strip, a development that could fuel tensions between governing Islamists and President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.
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Palestinian militants burst into a Gaza City mourning tent set up for Yasser Arafat on Sunday and fired shots in protest at the presence of his moderate successor Mahmoud Abbas, but he was unhurt, witnesses said.
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A few days ago, Hamas fighters stormed Fatah strongholds in Gaza that were allied with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and effectively took control of one of the two pillars of the evolving Palestinian state. Fatah groups struck back in the West Bank, the other Palestinian pillar, and...
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Hamas gunmen on Friday burst into the home of a top Fatah official in Gaza and arrested him, relatives said. He was the most senior Fatah politician to be detained since Hamas forces overtook the territory in June.
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Security forces from the Hamas Islamist movement clashed with protesters in the Gaza Strip on Friday, as members of the rival Fatah faction gathered to pray in defiance of a ban imposed on open-air gatherings.
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A fierce gunbattle erupted early Tuesday within the compound of Shifa hospital in Gaza City between the security personal of Hamas and Fatah, witnesses and hospital officials said. One member of the Hamas executive force was killed in the exchange and 11 were wounded, one seriously.
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Hamas Islamists failed in a bid on Sunday to convene the Palestinian parliament to challenge the legality of the government just installed by President Mahmoud Abbas to replace a Hamas-led administration.
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Hamas security forces go out in force to prevent Fatah supporters defying a ban on outdoor prayers in Gaza.
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GAZA CITY -- Rival Palestinian forces clashed in Gaza yesterday, killing two militants by throwing them out of high-rise buildings. Gunmen fired shots at the house of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.
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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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Israeli troops detain a Fatah parliamentarian, and overnight raids kill two militants in Gaza.
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Rival Palestinian forces clashed in Gaza on Sunday, killing two militants by throwing them out of high-rise buildings. Gunmen fired shots at the house of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.