Gaza Cease-Fire Ends
From Military.com:
As If...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian gunmen waged a street battle outside the residence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas around dawn Monday, dashing hopes that an overnight truce would bring quiet to the Gaza Strip.
The rival factions Hamas and Fatah are fighting for control over the Palestinian government, and the volatile coastal territory was buffeted by violence all day Sunday. Three people were killed in Sunday's fighting, in which gunmen shot up the Palestinian foreign minister's convoy and militants launched mortar shells at Abbas' office.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has accused Abbas of inflaming the political crisis by calling for early elections and said his Hamas group would boycott the poll. Abbas, a moderate from Fatah, called for new elections to resolve the political deadlock that has paralyzed the Palestinian government since the hardline Hamas militants won January parliamentary elections.
An overnight truce? The Arabs couldn't hold an overnight truce against each other. I'm not so sure this is news. But if AP thinks so...
Meanwhile the people brace for civil war...
"Abbas's speech demanding new elections was the turning point. That was the green light for further escalations, for more chaos," says al-Abed. In the background, his four-year-old son is playing a game on the computer, his two pre-teen daughters bring coffee.
The best part of waking up is chaos in your cup...
Labels: Fatah, Hamas, Palestine
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