[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Despite the Mecca agreement, the hatred between Hamas and Fatah has not disappeared. On Wednesday, Hamas activists surrounded the home of Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade leader Samih al-Madhoun, fired RPG missiles at the house, and killed one of his bodyguards. The incident set off a wave of kidnappings. "Every day there are new violent conflicts," says A., a Gaza businessman. "Just three days ago Hamas men set fire to the shop of a CD seller in the Jabalya refugee camp for making CDs of songs supporting Mohammed Dahlan and Fatah....Ten days ago members of the Hamas Executive Force attacked the Fatah offices in Beit Hanun and destroyed them completely." BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped about 10 days ago, has yet to be released. Nearly every day Palestinians are kidnapped in Gaza.
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