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Hamas mistakenly kills 5 of own fighters
ynetnews ^ | 5/16/2007 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/16/2007 5:25:24 AM PDT by listenhillary

Associated Press Published: 05.16.07, 13:30 / Israel News

Hamas gunmen kill five of own fighters in ambush of Fatah jeep as Gaza seems to be sliding into an all-out civil war with 41 Palestinians killed in four days of internal fighting between the rival factions

Hamas gunmen mistakenly ambushed on Wednesday a jeep carrying their own fighters, killing five of them, in the bloodiest day of Palestinian infighting since violence erupted in the Gaza Strip four days ago.

But according to other accounts, the five victims were members of the Fatah-affiliated Preventive Security force.

Gunmen from the hardline Islamist group also fired barrages of rockets at Israeli towns, an apparent attempt to draw Israel into the internal Palestinian conflict that has sent the coastal territory spiraling into chaos.

At midday Wednesday, policemen from the Preventive Security organization arrested five Hamas men and were driving them through Gaza City when the vehicle was ambushed by Hamas fighters, Preventive Security officials said.

Five of the Hamas men were killed, along with two Fatah men, they said. The exact circumstances of the incident were not immediately clear.

Hamas radio reported that a Hamas man was killed in another clash, and a nurse traveling in an ambulance was shot in the head after being caught in the crossfire, hospital officials said. Her family said she was brain dead and being kept alive by a respirator.

In four days of fighting, 41 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured. The majority of the fatalities have been from Fatah.


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To: listenhillary
"Hamas mistakenly kills 5 of own fighters"

Brilliant! May the Hamas Arab terrorists, as well as Arab Fatah terrorists, continue removing themselves.

Inter-Arab-Islamic street gang warfare

41 posted on 05/16/2007 10:26:21 AM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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May the Hamas Arab terrorists, as well as Arab Fatah terrorists, continue removing themselves.

Let's hope that this thing goes on for years, like the Iraq-Iran war during the 1980s.

42 posted on 05/16/2007 11:29:29 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93
"Let's hope that this thing goes on for years, like the Iraq-Iran war during the 1980s"

Agreed. More of the jihadist enemy which are removed by the jihadist enemy, the better for the civilized world.

However, when the jihadist terrorist enemy continues begging to meet their moon god, we must always do whatever is required to greatly assist them in their requested endevour :)

Arabs help a wounded Hamas security force personnel after an Israeli air strike on a Hamas position at Rafah camp in the southern Gaza strip May 16th, 2007. At least 16 Arabs were killed in factional fighting in Gaza on Wednesday and Israel entered the fray with an air strike on a Hamas position that killed at least four people. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)

Hamas was just issued a new parking lot

43 posted on 05/16/2007 11:52:36 AM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: listenhillary

Do I hear 3 cheers for them. Let em kill each other


44 posted on 05/16/2007 1:50:03 PM PDT by Dov in Houston
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