Hamas attacks spark civil war fears

HAMAS gunmen stormed a security headquarters of the rival Fatah faction in Gaza yesterday as fierce internal fighting moved Palestinians closer to civil war.

The violence, described by Gazans as more brutal than in the past, has included a shootout in a hospital, dropping foes to their deaths from high-rise buildings and the execution-style slaying of a Fatah field commander outside his home.

“I think we are in Iraq, not in Gaza,” said Ammar, a 40-year-old father of six.