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Gunmen in Gaza fire on PM's home Gaza truce hope for school exams
(about 10 hours later)
Gunmen have opened fire on the home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, as violence continues in Gaza. Palestinian factions have reached a new ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip after a weekend that saw some of the worst fighting in a month of bloodletting.
It is unclear whether the target of the attack near Gaza City was Mr Haniya himself or his security guards. There is no word on casualties. Gunmen fired at the house of Hamas's top official and two militants died after being thrown from tall buildings, a sinister new feature of the unrest.
Earlier three more people were killed in continued fighting between Mr Haniya's radical Hamas group and the rival Fatah movement. Hamas and its rival Fatah are locked in a power struggle that has left more than 50 people dead since mid-May.
Clashes between the two factions have killed more than 50 since mid-May. Monday's truce was called to allow pupils to take final school exams.
In one incident on Sunday, Hamas militants kidnapped an officer in a Fatah-linked security force and killed him by throwing him from the roof of a 15-storey building. Thrown from roof
In one incident on Sunday, Hamas militants kidnapped an officer in a Fatah-linked security force and killed him by throwing him from the roof of a 15-floor building.
The incident sparked fresh clashes throughout Gaza City.The incident sparked fresh clashes throughout Gaza City.
A Hamas preacher was killed by gunmen and a Hamas activist was thrown off another building. Clashes between Fatah and Hamas have led to death and destructionFatah militants attacked the house of a Hamas preacher with rocket-propelled grenades before dragging him away. His body was later delivered to a hospital.
A ceasefire agreed by Hamas and Fatah in May has broken down in the past week after a member of forces loyal to Fatah was killed. Just before midnight, a Hamas activist was thrown off the 12th floor of a building, security officials said.
Hamas - which won legislative elections last year - and Fatah formed a unity government in March, but the deal failed to end their rivalry. There were no reports of casualties in the Monday morning attack on the house of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya in the Shati refugee camp next to Gaza City.
It was not confirmed whether he was at home when gunmen opened fire from a nearby block of flats, but his wife, children and grandchildren were, relatives said.
It was the first time that Mr Haniya has been an apparent target since renewed factional fighting broke out on 13 May.
Hope of escape
Militants pulled back from flashpoint junctions on Monday, but shooting still punctuated Monday morning. Several previous ceasefires have been short-lived.
Matriculation exams are expected go ahead for tens of thousands of 12th grade students, although many reportedly had to take long detours to avoid gunmen still on the streets.
Daliya Naji, 16, said the fighting had kept her awake all night and could affect her chances of success - which for her could mean leaving Gaza to attend university in Egypt.
"I am a good student, but I feel my brain is empty. I can't think any more and I don't know what to do," she said
A ceasefire agreed by Hamas and Fatah in May broke down last week after a member of forces loyal to Fatah was killed.
Hamas - which won legislative elections last year - formed a unity government with Fatah in March, but the deal failed to end their rivalry or the violence.