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| Militants from the armed wing of Hamas have threatened attacks on security positions in Gaza belonging to Palestinian rivals Fatah, reports say. | Militants from the armed wing of Hamas have threatened attacks on security positions in Gaza belonging to Palestinian rivals Fatah, reports say. |
| Hamas-run mosques in Gaza City gave Fatah fighters two hours to leave their positions. | Hamas-run mosques in Gaza City gave Fatah fighters two hours to leave their positions. |
| New agency reports said Hamas had begun occupying some Fatah positions elsewhere in northern and central Gaza. | New agency reports said Hamas had begun occupying some Fatah positions elsewhere in northern and central Gaza. |
| The moves followed the deaths of some 16 people on the streets of Gaza in the past 24 hours. | The moves followed the deaths of some 16 people on the streets of Gaza in the past 24 hours. |
| This is despite a ceasefire agreement late on Monday night. | This is despite a ceasefire agreement late on Monday night. |
| However, the BBC's Tim Franks, in Jerusalem, says that inside Gaza most people are now staying indoors listening to the violence rage outside. | |
| The fighting has been intense and brutal, with few places now safe and people executed as well as caught in gun battles, he adds. | |
| Counter claims | |
| Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - who is also the head of Fatah - has accused elements within Hamas of trying to seize power in Gaza by force. | |
| In a statement Mr Abbas said some Hamas figures were "planning a coup against the legitimate [Palestinian] institutions". | |
| Earlier, Hamas officials accused Fatah of trying to assassinate PM Ismail Haniya, by firing a rocket-propelled grenade at his home. | |
| The building was damaged but no-one was injured. | |
| This was the third time Mr Haniya had come under fire since Monday. | |
| Overnight there were mortar barrages against the headquarters of the Fatah-run preventative security services. | |
| The homes of activists were also attacked, and a senior member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, linked to Fatah, was shot 41 times while in a hospital bed in the town of Beit Hanoun. |