WEST BANK: Palestinian gunmen loyal to Fatah storm a school affiliated with Hamas in Jenin

Record ID: 560601

  • Title: WEST BANK: Palestinian gunmen loyal to Fatah storm a school affiliated with Hamas in Jenin
  • Date: 14th June 2007
  • Summary: (BN14) JENIN, WEST BANK (JUNE 13, 2007) (REUTERS) WIDE OF FATAH GUNMEN MARCHING IN STREETS CLOSE OF GUNMAN HOLDING RIFLE WIDE OF GUNMEN OUTSIDE SCHOOL BUILDING THAT BELONGS TO HAMAS MAN CLIMBING OVER SCHOOL FENCE VARIOUS OF GUNMEN STORMING SCHOOL GUNMEN ON TOP OF SCHOOL ROOF AUDIO: GUNFIRE TWO PEOPLE HANGING A FLAG THAT BELONGS TO FATAH MORE OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN STREET GUNMAN AIMING RIFLE TOWARDS A ISLAMIC SPORTS CLUB THAT BELONGS TO HAMAS
  • Embargoed: 29th June 2007 13:00
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  • Topics: War / Fighting
  • Reuters ID: LVADU43AZXM757I149WXC3A16JUC
  • Story Text: Palestinian gunmen loyal to Fatah, stormed a school affiliated with Hamas, in Jenin on Wednesday (June 13) threatening to escalate their attacks against Hamas targets in retaliation to the ongoing fighting taking place in Gaza, in which Hamas seems to be gaining ground.
    Firing their rifles in the air, the gunmen announced that they will target Hamas in the West Bank if Hamas does not stop its attack on Fatah targets throughout the Gaza Strip.
    In one incident Fatah gunmen stormed an Islamic Sports club and set it on fire.
    Hamas Islamist fighters gained ground on Wednesday against forces loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas in battles for control of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian supremacy struggle he termed "madness".
    Many of Gaza's beleaguered 1.5 million inhabitants called the conflict a civil war and Israel served notice their chances of achieving statehood could dim if Hamas emerged victorious over Abbas's Fatah faction, its partner in a unity government.
    At least 30 people were killed in the latest violence in which Hamas expanded its attacks to the central and southern Gaza Strip and blew up a Fatah security headquarters, seizing its compound.
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