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Palestinians in Gaza nearing civil war
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Jun 13, 2007 06:54am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Fighters from Hamas and Fatah, ignoring pleas from Egypt and from the Palestinian president, sharply escalated their battle for supremacy in Gaza on Tuesday, with Hamas taking over much of the northern Gaza Strip.
Both sides accused the other of attempting a coup in what increasingly began to look like a civil war.
Hamas demanded that security forces loyal to the rival Fatah movement abandon their positions in northern and central Gaza, while Fatah's leaders met in the West Bank to decide whether to pull out of the national unity government and even the legislature in protest.
The unity government, negotiated in March
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