Monday afternoon, one Fateh gunman was shot and injured during armed clashes between Palestinian security sources loyal to Fateh and Hamas gunmen. The clashes erupted after a disagreement over who had control of a nearby training compound. One Fateh member was injured.Monday afternoon, one Fateh gunman was shot and injured during armed clashes between Palestinian security sources loyal to Fateh and Hamas gunmen. The clashes erupted after a disagreement over who had control of a nearby training compound. One Fateh member was injured.
In what are described as the worst bouts of internal violence since rival Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government in Makkah last month, it is reported that also on Monday, unknown gunmen fired at the house and car of a senior security officer. Shots were also fired at a police headquarters, and police returned fire, officials said.
Security forces loyal to Fateh movement demanded that Hamas gunmen leave the area, but they refused and said that the area is under the control of security forces loyal to Hamas.
In two separate attacks, unknown gunmen fired rounds of live ammunition at the house and car of a Fatah loyalist Palestinian security officer.
Gunmen also fired rounds of live ammunition at a Palestinian police headquarter; no injuries were reported in both incidents.
In another Monday attack, gunmen bombed a music store in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, unknown gunmen attacked an internet cafe and kidnapped the owneer of the cafe in Khan Younis.
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but some security officials said that ‘extremists’ are behind the attacks and that those extremists are attempting to enforce strict moral conducts.
Unoconfirmed sourc es reported that the reason behinnd the attack is that youth download pornography from internet websites in that place.
