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| Resignation deepens Gaza crisis | Resignation deepens Gaza crisis |
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| Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has accepted the resignation of his interior minister following a new wave of factional fighting in Gaza. | Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has accepted the resignation of his interior minister following a new wave of factional fighting in Gaza. |
| Hani Qawasmi offered to resign last month in protest at worsening security, but was persuaded to stay on. | Hani Qawasmi offered to resign last month in protest at worsening security, but was persuaded to stay on. |
| Seven people have been killed in two days of violence in Gaza, the worst since Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government in February. | Seven people have been killed in two days of violence in Gaza, the worst since Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government in February. |
| Independent Mr Qawasmi was given the key post after months of wrangling. | Independent Mr Qawasmi was given the key post after months of wrangling. |
| Officials are quoted as saying Mr Haniya will take over the interior portfolio. | Officials are quoted as saying Mr Haniya will take over the interior portfolio. |
| Correspondents say the resignation casts serious doubts about the power-sharing partnership between the Islamist Hamas and the secular Fatah group. | Correspondents say the resignation casts serious doubts about the power-sharing partnership between the Islamist Hamas and the secular Fatah group. |
| Surge of violence | Surge of violence |
| Former academic Mr Qawasmi was to have overseen Palestinian security services, but was reported to have faced competition from powerful Fatah rivals for control of armed factions. | Former academic Mr Qawasmi was to have overseen Palestinian security services, but was reported to have faced competition from powerful Fatah rivals for control of armed factions. |
| I am ashamed as a Palestinian this morning to see the continuation of such chaos Saeb Erekat Pleas for BBC reporter A Hamas government spokesman said Mr Qawasmi resigned because he had not been informed of a security deployment last week billed as an attempt to quell the unrest. | I am ashamed as a Palestinian this morning to see the continuation of such chaos Saeb Erekat Pleas for BBC reporter A Hamas government spokesman said Mr Qawasmi resigned because he had not been informed of a security deployment last week billed as an attempt to quell the unrest. |
| Sunday's violence - with five dead and 18 injured - was the worst in a single day since February. | Sunday's violence - with five dead and 18 injured - was the worst in a single day since February. |
| Egyptian mediators brokered a deal to get armed men off the streets and have hostages released, but fighting erupted again within hours. | Egyptian mediators brokered a deal to get armed men off the streets and have hostages released, but fighting erupted again within hours. |
| Two people were killed and at least 10 wounded as rival factions exchanged fire on Monday morning. | Two people were killed and at least 10 wounded as rival factions exchanged fire on Monday morning. |
| Up to 400 people have died in clashes between the two factions since the militant Hamas movement won last year's parliamentary elections. | Up to 400 people have died in clashes between the two factions since the militant Hamas movement won last year's parliamentary elections. |
| Absent authority | Absent authority |
| Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat described the violence, together with the abduction of BBC journalist Alan Johnston nine weeks ago, as "despicable scenes". | Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat described the violence, together with the abduction of BBC journalist Alan Johnston nine weeks ago, as "despicable scenes". |
| "I am ashamed as a Palestinian this morning to see the continuation of such chaos. If the government cannot deliver on this one authority, one gun, the rule of law, I believe there is no purpose to have a government," he told the BBC. | "I am ashamed as a Palestinian this morning to see the continuation of such chaos. If the government cannot deliver on this one authority, one gun, the rule of law, I believe there is no purpose to have a government," he told the BBC. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY How can you guarantee security when you have no state? Brian, Cumbria Send us your comments | |
| "Society can't stand - no social fabric can be maintained if you have multiple authorities and multiple guns. | "Society can't stand - no social fabric can be maintained if you have multiple authorities and multiple guns. |
| "Any society, any society on the earth must understand that the one authority, the one gun, the rule of law is the essence of society. And that's it - this is absent now from Gaza." | "Any society, any society on the earth must understand that the one authority, the one gun, the rule of law is the essence of society. And that's it - this is absent now from Gaza." |
| Since the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, the strip has seen a wave of infighting, armed robberies, deadly family feuds and kidnappings. | Since the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, the strip has seen a wave of infighting, armed robberies, deadly family feuds and kidnappings. |