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| Fresh fighting in Gaza between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah has left a Hamas commander dead and at least 30 men injured. | Fresh fighting in Gaza between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah has left a Hamas commander dead and at least 30 men injured. |
| The clash took place in the southern town of Rafah, where a Fatah member died in a gun battle on Thursday. | The clash took place in the southern town of Rafah, where a Fatah member died in a gun battle on Thursday. |
| Clashes between the two factions have killed more than 50 since mid-May. | |
| The latest death came hours after Palestinian militants launched their first raid from Gaza into Israel for nearly a year. | The latest death came hours after Palestinian militants launched their first raid from Gaza into Israel for nearly a year. |
| Hundreds of Hamas and Fatah gunmen clashed on street corners and rooftops using rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns, Rafah residents told Reuters news agency. | |
| The local hospital was so overwhelmed it had to send many of the wounded to neighbouring towns for treatment, medical officials said. | |
| A ceasefire agreed by Hamas and Fatah in May has been under threat in the last week after a member of forces loyal to Fatah was killed. | |
| Border raid | |
| Earlier on Saturday, Palestinian militants used an armoured jeep to burst through the Kissufim border crossing, and attacked a nearby Israeli army post, leading to a gun battle. | |
| One Palestinian was killed. There were no Israeli casualties. | |
| The cross-border attack was the first since Palestinian gunmen abducted an Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, almost a year ago. | |
| The attack on the army post was launched by two Palestinian militant groups, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. |