GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Members of a Hamas militia engaged in a daytime gunbattle with security officers in the worst outbreak of internal violence since rival Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government last month, security officials said.
The gunbattle broke out in Gaza City when Hamas and Fatah loyalists argued over who had control of a nearby training compound, security officials said. The Fatah-allied security forces demanded the Hamas militiamen leave the area, but they refused, saying it fell under the control of the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry, security officials said. There were no injuries.
In two other incidents, unknown assailants fired shots at the house and car of a senior security officer who has had past problems with Hamas, security officials said. Shots were also fired at a police headquarters, and police returned fire, the security officials said.
And surprise, surprise – the Palestinian Prime Minister does not believe the formation of a new unity government can be created by the end of the week. Its been what - three weeks or so, since the Mecca Accord and still no unity government in the Palestinian Parliament. Sounds like the Saudis are being cheap.
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I'll believe a pali exists "unity gov't" when I see it. And even then, I won't predict its lifespan more than 5 minutes into the future.
Personally, I think they'll just dissolve into warfare again. At least they'll be too busy to shoot Israel.
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