[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - "Civil war" is an apt description for what is now taking place between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza. On Thursday Hamas gunmen assaulted the home of Col. Mohammed Gharib, leader of the Preventive Security force in northern Gaza. Using automatic weapons, missiles, and grenade launchers, the Hamas attackers killed everyone in the house. Hamas gunmen also raided the home of Sufian Abu Zeida, a senior Fatah official and former minister, but he and his family were not home. The attackers were members of Hamas' Executive Force, which answers to Hamas Interior Minister Saeed Sayam. The head of the Executive Force, Yusef al-Zahar, is the brother of Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar.
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