Weebly wobbly truce
Published by Avi Green on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 8:23 PM.
Another clash between Hamas and Fatah gangs took place. They say here that four gunmen were left dead but on Israeli TV the report said ten were. Following this, one member of their mock government cabinet quit:
According to the sources, the gunbattle broke out near the Fatah intelligence headquarters in northern Gaza City. The dead were the bodyguards of a local Fatah leader.Clearly, even that doesn't work when you have rival gangs and Islam involved.
In protest of the ongoing violence in Gaza, Palestinian Interior Minister Hani al-Qawasmi resigned Monday, one of his assistants told CNN.
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His resignation was a blow to the Palestinian unity government, formed earlier this year in an effort to end the deadly factional fighting concentrated in Gaza.
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