Looks like the civil war is getting closer and closer to some major activity.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip May 22, 2006 (AP)— Hamas militiamen and Palestinian police traded heavy fire near Gaza City’s parliament building Monday, killing the driver of the Jordanian ambassador in Gaza and wounding 11 people in the worst internal fighting in weeks.
At one point, Hamas gunmen holed up in two buildings under construction, hurling grenades and firing a rocket-propelled grenade at police. Other militants took up positions behind trees, cars and buildings, turning downtown Gaza into a battle zone.
Monday’s battle was the most intense in an increasingly bloody confrontation between gunmen loyal to the Hamas government and the Palestinian security forces allied with moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The Hamas government deployed a 3,000-member force of militants last week, sending tensions soaring.
Bring it on, bubelahs. The more terrorists you kill, the less the IDF has to worry about.
On Sunday, police found a 154-pound bomb on the road used by Rashid Abu Shbak, a commander recently appointed by Abbas to keep Hamas-controlled troops in check. On Saturday, a bomb planted in the elevator shaft of the Palestinian intelligence headquarters seriously wounded the Palestinian intelligence chief.
Fatah officials hinted they believed Hamas was behind both incidents but stopped short of making an open accusation against Hamas.
What? They’re not blaming Israel? Check the temperature of hell, someone.
Oh, and stock up on your popcorn. There’s no way this is going to remain smalltime, not with the attempted assassinations of two Fatah leaders. It’s only a matter of time.
May their virgins all look like Yasser Arafat, or Helen Thomas.
chsw
You’re cruel, chsw, cruel.
Notice how few people they kill with all their shooting? Either they are not shooting to kill most of the time, or they are the worst marksmen in the history of firearms. No wonder they prefer bombs. No aiming required.