A Palestinian girl holds a Palestinian flag to her face during a Fatah movement rally in Gaza City to protest against the shooting deaths of three sons of a senior intelligence officer loyal to the group earlier in the week. (AP Photo)
Palestinian Violence Worsens Story aired: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
There is more chaos in the Gaza Strip today after the brazen daytime murder of a Hamas official. The killing is apparently in response to this week's killings of three young boys whose father is a senior Fatah intelligence official. The boys where on their way to school in their father's car when as many as 15 gunmen opened fire.
Hamas has denied responsibility, but the violence has lead to concerns that the Palestinians are on the verge of civil war. It has also diminished any hopes of a unity government between the ruling Hamas party and Fatah, the party founded by Yassir Arafat.
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Thanassis Cambanis of The Boston Globe
Haim Malka of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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