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| Renewed Gaza factional violence | Renewed Gaza factional violence |
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| Four people have died in new violence in Gaza between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah. | |
| One Fatah member was killed when Hamas militants surrounded a building, and a Hamas supporter was also shot dead. | |
| There were clashes overnight as a Hamas member died in what the group said was a roadside bomb attack on a convoy. | |
| The clashes come as Hamas supporters gathered to mark a year since victory in Palestinian elections, and after a period of relative calm. | |
| Hamas, which runs the Palestinian Authority, said whoever carried out the overnight bombing would be hunted down. | |
| Hours later, a Fatah member was killed in an attack at his home. Fatah described his killing as an execution but Hamas said he died in a gun battle. | Hours later, a Fatah member was killed in an attack at his home. Fatah described his killing as an execution but Hamas said he died in a gun battle. |
| The latest attacks follow a recent period of factional fighting in which more than 30 people were killed. | |
| Fears | Fears |
| The BBC's Alan Johnson in Gaza says that over the past couple of weeks Gaza has actually enjoyed a lull in this kind of violence. | |
| Gaza has seen a relative lull in factional violence in recent weeksHe says there is now extreme tension in the Jabaliya refugee camp. | |
| The violence has come despite ongoing dialogue between Fatah and Hamas. | The violence has come despite ongoing dialogue between Fatah and Hamas. |
| For many months they have been trying to put aside their rivalry and form a new government of national unity. | For many months they have been trying to put aside their rivalry and form a new government of national unity. |
| But their divisions are deep, our correspondent says. | But their divisions are deep, our correspondent says. |
| They are fuelled by bitter personal animosities and real divisions over how best to confront Israel and its occupation of the Palestinian territories. | They are fuelled by bitter personal animosities and real divisions over how best to confront Israel and its occupation of the Palestinian territories. |