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Supporters of rival Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, are reported to have exchanged gunfire in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four people. | Supporters of rival Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, are reported to have exchanged gunfire in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four people. |
The gunfire broke out at a protest against growing lawlessness in the southern town of Khan Younis. | |
Tensions have soared in Gaza since the brutal killing of three young sons of a security chief and Fatah loyalist. | |
No group has said it carried out Monday's killings. Fatah and Hamas have both condemned the attack. | |
Witnesses said some of the injuries occurred when members of a Hamas-formed police militia opened fire on stone-throwing protesters. | |
Security force members loyal to Fatah reportedly joined in the fray. Hamas said two of its militiamen were wounded. | |
Medical sources said the injuries ranged from light to moderate. One young man received head wounds. | |
Reports say the Khan Younis demonstration quickly dispersed, and there were no further signs of unrest | |
Correspondents say impoverished Gaza could be on the brink of another round of internecine violence after the killing of Baha Balousheh's children as they were being driven to school. | |
Mr Balousheh is senior officer in the Palestinian intelligence services who in the 1990s spearheaded a crackdown on Hamas. | |
The militant Islamist group won parliamentary elections in January, beating the mainstream Fatah, which had enjoyed uninterrupted control of Palestinian political institutions for decades. |