Militants threaten Hamas leaders
By Geraldine Chris,WNS Israel Correspondent
GAZA - A militant group linked to former Palestinian governing party Fatah has threatened to kill leaders of political rival Hamas. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said it held Hamas officials responsible for deaths during violent clashes between gunmen from both factions. Three senior Hamas officials had been marked out for "execution", a statement from the group said.
Clashes between gunmen from the two rival groups began on Sunday in Gaza. Eight people died in the violence and more than 60 were injured. Two more people died on Monday in further clashes. "We in al-Aqsa announce, with all might and frankness... [that we will] execute the head of the sedition, Khaled Meshaal, Said Siyam and Youssef al-Zahar, and we will execute this ruling so those filthy people can be made an example," the statement from the group said. Mr Meshaal is Hamas' Damascus-based political chief, Mr Siyam the interior minister and Mr Zahar a senior interior ministry official.
The latest violence is believed to mark the most serious round of internecine fighting since Hamas came to power in March. Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniya, have appealed for calm and said the violence must stop.
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