Posted on 12/03/2005 3:51:16 PM PST by Pikamax
Corrects death toll in headline to read "Five killed as clans clash in Gaza" instead of "Four killed as clans clash in Gaza".
GAZA (Reuters) - Five Palestinians, including a policeman, were killed and many were wounded, some seriously, on Saturday as members of two rival clans clashed in a fierce firefight in Gaza, local medics and witnesses said.
Palestinian security forces were having difficulty restoring calm and mediators and bystanders were also wounded as bullets and grenades flew in a neighborhood of the town of Beit Hanoun in north Gaza.
It was a further example of lawlessness in the Gaza Strip, seen as a testing ground for future Palestinian statehood after Israel withdrew from the coastal territory last September following 38 years of military rule.
The motive for the clash which began on Friday was unclear, but medics said at least five of some 40 wounded were in critical condition as rival family members used assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades in the clash.
Witnesses said the policeman was killed by a stray bullet which hit the police station in which he was situated. Many families fled their homes in fear of being hit by stray bullets as gunmen took up positions on rooftops.
Crips and Bloods Pali-style?
Maybe we need to send the Nobel Peace Prize nominee Tookie Williams over there.
This is a good start. Now if we can only get the rest of these parasites to destroy themselves the world would be a better place.
They're getting at each other just to show Israel how appreciative they are after Sharon's pull out.
It's survival of the fittest towards a happy Palestine.
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