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I guess what should be clear by now is this--Fatah, Hamas and the like are not political parties. They're gangs of thugs interested in power and are willing to kill anyone to get it.
Palestinian gunmen killed three young children of a senior Palestinian intelligence officer Monday in a drive-by shooting in a street crowded with hundreds of school children, an unprecedented attack that could ignite widespread factional fighting. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
In the attack, the gunmen pumped dozens of bullets into a car carrying the children of intelligence officer Baha Balousheh, a loyalist of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement. A decade ago, Balousheh was a lead interrogator in a crackdown on the now-ruling Hamas movement.
# Palestinians grow restless waiting for Abbas decision on early elections
Three of Balousheh's children, ranging in age from six to 10, were killed, in addition to an adult, hospital officials said. Four more people were wounded in the attack in Palestine Street, lined with nine schools. Baha Balousheh was not in the area.
The car was riddled with at least 30 bullets. Its seats, school bags and a small plastic bag with a sandwich in it were spattered with blood.
Dozens of Fatah supporters tried to close the school street, shouting: "God help us take revenge against the killers."
During the attack, children dropped to the ground or fled, screaming.
"I was walking with my young brother, Wael, who is 9, and we just crossed the street in order to take him to the school when shooting took place," said 12-year-old Fadwa Nabulsi, still shaken by the bloody scene.
"We saw fire coming from one car. We started screaming and children started running. I was crying, and I lost Wael for about half an hour. Then I found him hiding in a felafel shop. I'm trying to find my father to take us back home," she said.
Dozens of Palestinian police in the area were trying to calm the children and help them locate their parents. Hundreds of anxious parents rushed to Gaza City's Shifa Hospital to get word on their children.
Gaza has been plagued by factional violence in the past, with dozens killed and hundreds wounded. However, Monday's attack targeting children was unprecedented, and was likely to trigger widespread confrontations at a time when the lines between Hamas and Fatah have hardened.
Earlier this month, Abbas announced that talks on forming a unity government between Hamas and Fatah have broken down. Earlier this week, he raised the possibility of calling early elections, a move that drew angry protests from Hamas, which said Abbas does not have the authority to dissolve the Hamas-dominated parliament.
In the attack, the gunmen pumped dozens of bullets into a car carrying the children of intelligence officer Baha Balousheh, a loyalist of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement. A decade ago, Balousheh was a lead interrogator in a crackdown on the now-ruling Hamas movement.
# Palestinians grow restless waiting for Abbas decision on early elections
Three of Balousheh's children, ranging in age from six to 10, were killed, in addition to an adult, hospital officials said. Four more people were wounded in the attack in Palestine Street, lined with nine schools. Baha Balousheh was not in the area.
The car was riddled with at least 30 bullets. Its seats, school bags and a small plastic bag with a sandwich in it were spattered with blood.
Dozens of Fatah supporters tried to close the school street, shouting: "God help us take revenge against the killers."
During the attack, children dropped to the ground or fled, screaming.
"I was walking with my young brother, Wael, who is 9, and we just crossed the street in order to take him to the school when shooting took place," said 12-year-old Fadwa Nabulsi, still shaken by the bloody scene.
"We saw fire coming from one car. We started screaming and children started running. I was crying, and I lost Wael for about half an hour. Then I found him hiding in a felafel shop. I'm trying to find my father to take us back home," she said.
Dozens of Palestinian police in the area were trying to calm the children and help them locate their parents. Hundreds of anxious parents rushed to Gaza City's Shifa Hospital to get word on their children.
Gaza has been plagued by factional violence in the past, with dozens killed and hundreds wounded. However, Monday's attack targeting children was unprecedented, and was likely to trigger widespread confrontations at a time when the lines between Hamas and Fatah have hardened.
Earlier this month, Abbas announced that talks on forming a unity government between Hamas and Fatah have broken down. Earlier this week, he raised the possibility of calling early elections, a move that drew angry protests from Hamas, which said Abbas does not have the authority to dissolve the Hamas-dominated parliament.
I guess what should be clear by now is this--Fatah, Hamas and the like are not political parties. They're gangs of thugs interested in power and are willing to kill anyone to get it.
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