- Title: GAZA: Gunmen storm into U.N. club in Gaza city.
- Date: 1st January 2006
- Summary: (BN02) GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP (JANUARY 1, 2005) (REUTERS) NIGHTSHOTS: SLV PALESTINIAN SECURITY MEN INSPECTING DAMAGE (VARIOUS) INSIDE U.N. CLUB THAT MASKED GUNMEN STORMED AND BLEW UP VARIOUS OF DAMAGE TO CLUB FALLEN CHAIRS AND DAMAGED WALL IN CLUB'S PATIO BROKEN WINDOW PALESTINIAN SECURITY MAN AS SEEN THROUGH A BROKEN WINDOW BROKEN GLASS ON FLOOR PALESTINIAN SECUR
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- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,War / Fighting
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- Story Text: Masked Palestinian gunmen stormed into a club for
United Nations workers in Gaza City early on Sunday
(January 1) and blew up the drinking hall, in a new sign of
growing unrest in the chaotic territory.
Visitors had already left the club, one of the few
places that alcohol is served in conservative Muslim Gaza,
when the gunmen tied up the security guard and set
explosives that blew out windows and ripped up the roof.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
It was the first such attack in Gaza on a U.N. target
and came against a backdrop of increasing unease among
foreigners in Gaza. Just over one day earlier, a group
freed three British hostages that had been seized to demand
foreign pressure on Israel.
The United Nations is generally viewed with sympathy in
the Gaza Strip. Its agency supporting Palestinian refugees
is among the biggest employers in the territory.
The club that was blown up is on the beachfront close
to hotels where most foreign visitors stay.
Chaos has been increasing in the Gaza Strip since the
departure of Israeli troops in September after 38 years of
occupation intensified a power struggle among militant
factions, gangs and security forces.
The disorder has worsened in the run-up to a January 25
parliamentary election. Palestinian officials have said
that the troubles could force the postponement of the vote. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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