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| Ten die as Gaza truce collapses | Ten die as Gaza truce collapses |
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| At least 10 people have been killed in fresh fighting between the rival Fatah and Hamas factions in Gaza after a three-day-old truce collapsed. | At least 10 people have been killed in fresh fighting between the rival Fatah and Hamas factions in Gaza after a three-day-old truce collapsed. |
| Nearly 100 people have been injured in the fighting - the fiercest seen in Gaza since Hamas came to power in 2006. | Nearly 100 people have been injured in the fighting - the fiercest seen in Gaza since Hamas came to power in 2006. |
| The two sides have been involved in a violent power struggle for months. | The two sides have been involved in a violent power struggle for months. |
| The latest clashes come as Middle East mediators are due to meet to discuss the Western embargo against Hamas and moribund peace process with Israel. | The latest clashes come as Middle East mediators are due to meet to discuss the Western embargo against Hamas and moribund peace process with Israel. |
| The BBC's Alan Johnston in Gaza says there is no doubt that the confrontation between Hamas and Fatah has moved to a new level. | The BBC's Alan Johnston in Gaza says there is no doubt that the confrontation between Hamas and Fatah has moved to a new level. |
| Past flare-ups of violence there mainly involved light skirmishing on street corners and life could go on around them to a large degree, he says. | Past flare-ups of violence there mainly involved light skirmishing on street corners and life could go on around them to a large degree, he says. |
| But now the two sides are planning and carrying out much more comprehensive attacks on each other and doing so with a ferocity that all makes all the streets dangerous, he adds. | But now the two sides are planning and carrying out much more comprehensive attacks on each other and doing so with a ferocity that all makes all the streets dangerous, he adds. |
| Reports say Palestinian Authority President and Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal will meet in Saudi Arabia next Tuesday to try to end the fighting. | |
| Buildings targeted | Buildings targeted |
| There has been no let-up in fighting since violence erupted on Thursday when Hamas militants ambushed a convoy carrying equipment to the Fatah-allied security forces. | |
| Six people died in the ensuing gun battle, triggering clashes across the Gaza Strip. | Six people died in the ensuing gun battle, triggering clashes across the Gaza Strip. |
| On Friday two Fatah members of the Palestinian intelligence service were shot dead in a firefight with Hamas gunmen; two Hamas militants were also killed in fighting, hospital sources and Hamas said. | On Friday two Fatah members of the Palestinian intelligence service were shot dead in a firefight with Hamas gunmen; two Hamas militants were also killed in fighting, hospital sources and Hamas said. |
| Earlier Hamas fighters attacked a military base used by guards loyal to Mr Abbas. | |
| Militants fired mortar bombs and rockets at the building, Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying. | Militants fired mortar bombs and rockets at the building, Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying. |
| They also captured a Fatah police station and seized the headquarters of the Preventive Security Services in northern Gaza, Fatah sources said according to Reuters. | They also captured a Fatah police station and seized the headquarters of the Preventive Security Services in northern Gaza, Fatah sources said according to Reuters. |
| Meanwhile dozens of Fatah fighters laid siege to the interior ministry, run by Hamas. | Meanwhile dozens of Fatah fighters laid siege to the interior ministry, run by Hamas. |
| Our correspondent says bursts of fire can be heard every few minutes. | Our correspondent says bursts of fire can be heard every few minutes. |
| Sometimes there are much louder blasts, he says, and ambulance sirens go wailing through the streets. | Sometimes there are much louder blasts, he says, and ambulance sirens go wailing through the streets. |
| Overnight members of the presidential guard stormed the Islamic University - long regarded as a Hamas bastion. | Overnight members of the presidential guard stormed the Islamic University - long regarded as a Hamas bastion. |
| A Fatah official said seven Iranians were arrested at the university and an eighth blew himself up during the operation. Hamas denied that any non-Palestinians were inside the campus. | A Fatah official said seven Iranians were arrested at the university and an eighth blew himself up during the operation. Hamas denied that any non-Palestinians were inside the campus. |
| Quartet talks | Quartet talks |
| Meanwhile the Quartet of Middle East mediators - the EU, the UN, the US and Russia - is preparing to meet in Washington. | Meanwhile the Quartet of Middle East mediators - the EU, the UN, the US and Russia - is preparing to meet in Washington. |
| The US says it expects the group to reaffirm its commitment to agreed conditions the Hamas government must meet to receive international aid. | The US says it expects the group to reaffirm its commitment to agreed conditions the Hamas government must meet to receive international aid. |
| The Quartet has cut off funding to the Hamas government because of its refusal to recognise Israel and renounce violence. | The Quartet has cut off funding to the Hamas government because of its refusal to recognise Israel and renounce violence. |
| Washington insists there is still a united position of isolating Hamas, the BBC's Jonathan Beal says. | Washington insists there is still a united position of isolating Hamas, the BBC's Jonathan Beal says. |
| But Russia has called for the embargo to be lifted , and the UN has questioned whether the current policy can be sustained, he adds. | But Russia has called for the embargo to be lifted , and the UN has questioned whether the current policy can be sustained, he adds. |