Hamas,Fatah Intensify Clashes ; Violence Over Governing Gaza

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Armed clashes intensified between rival Palestinian factions yesterday as Hamas accused Fatah fighters loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of fomenting civil war and trying to assassinate Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh at a Gaza border station Thursday night.

The latest violence threatened to undermine months of talks on a unity government between the Islamist Hamas party and Mr. Abbas' once-dominant Fatah to end a deadly power struggle within the Palestinian territories.

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Hamas,Fatah Intensify Clashes ; Violence Over Governing Gaza

Security officers and Fatah militia men fired into a crowd of demonstrators carrying green Hamas banners through central Ramallah yesterday, wounding at least 31.

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