Jordanian driver killed as Hamas militia battles Fatah-dominated security force

A NEW Hamas militia battled gunmen from a Fatah-dominated security force near the Palestinian parliament in Gaza yesterday in fresh clashes that killed a Jordanian driver and wounded six bystanders.

Jordanian driver killed as Hamas militia battles Fatah-dominated security force

The rival forces traded fire from rooftops, behind buildings and on a key street in Gaza City in the latest internal fighting that will compound fears of civil war breaking out in the impoverished territory of 1.4 million people.

Tensions have surged in the past week between Hamas, an Islamic militant movement that took power in March, and the long-dominant Fatah of President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas trounced Fatah in elections last January.

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