Two killed in Gaza attacks
Gunmen killed an activist with the Fatah-linked militant group Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade here early today, hours after a member of a Hamas-led security force was killed by a roadside bomb.
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah since Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called last month for early presidential and parliamentary elections.
Hospital officials confirmed the activist’s death. Fatah accused the Hamas-led security force of executing the activist.
The bomb blast left a second member of the Hamas-led force in critical condition and wounded seven others, hospital officials said. No one claimed responsibility.
Hamas spokesman Abdel-Latif Qanoua said Thursday that his group would “chase those killers who carried out this cowardly action.”
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