Deadly factional fighting in Gaza has created a “dangerous” situation, the Palestinian prime minister said today, adding that his security forces would try to get gunmen off the streets.

A Palestinian militant with ties to Hamas was killed yesterday in a car bomb in Gaza, unleashing factional unrest that left three others dead and 35 wounded, in the first direct threat to the Islamic group’s new government.

A PALESTINIAN militant with ties to Hamas was killed in a car bomb yesterday, unleashing factional unrest that left three others dead and more than 20 wounded - in the first direct threat to the Islamic group’s new government.

The new Palestinian Hamas government held an emergency meeting tonight after four people were killed in factional violence, and pledged to end public displays of weapons in the chaotic Gaza Strip.