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| A Palestinian man has been killed and at least 20 injured in clashes between rival political factions in the Gaza Strip, officials and witnesses say. | |
| Clashes broke out as police close to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas protested against unpaid salaries. | Clashes broke out as police close to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas protested against unpaid salaries. |
| The ruling party Hamas had deployed its militiamen on the streets after signalling it planned a clampdown. | |
| Hamas is locked in a power struggle with Mr Abbas' Fatah movement, amid attempts to form a unity government. | |
| In Gaza City, clashes took place near the parliament building as Hamas fighters exchanged fire with members of security forces considered loyal to Fatah. | |
| Earlier, violence broke out in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, as Hamas militiamen clashed with gunmen in a district seen as a Fatah stronghold. | |
| The BBC's Alan Johnston in Gaza says tension has been mounting for a some time. | |
| The government has been unable to pay salaries for the last six months because the EU and US have frozen aid since the militant group Hamas came to power in elections earlier this year. | |
| Our correspondent say the scenes of violence make current attempts to bring Hamas and Fatah together in a unity government seem a tall order. |