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Gaza street battles resume despite ceasefire call
16 May 2007 17:23:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
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GAZA, May 16 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah factions continued battling in the streets of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday despite a ceasefire called by their leaderships.

Witnesses said there were several casualties from a factional clash near a media building in Gaza City. Hamas and Fatah earlier said their men would hold fire as of 1700 GMT.

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A Palestinian militant from the al-Aqsa brigade fires at Israeli troops during a military raid in the West Bank village of Kofr Than, near Jenin, May 18, 2007. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah faction has been accused by Hamas of siding with Israel, called U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and asked her to halt an Israeli "military escalation", a Palestinian news agency said.


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