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Gaza Gunmen Storm Government Offices in Rafah and Khan Yunis
(Palestinian Center for Human Rights) On Wednesday, 20 gunmen from the "Al-Yasir Brigades," affiliated with Fatah, stormed the Rafah Governorate building in protest to the appointment of Zuhdi El-Qedra as the new governor of Rafah. El-Qedra is from Khan Yunis and the gunmen demanded that the new governor should be from Rafah. On Tuesday, another armed group from the "Amr Abu Sitta Battalions" affiliated with Fatah stormed the Khan Yunis municipality building and a garage run by the municipality. Ten gunmen from the same group ransacked the office of the mayor and threatened him and other staff members. The gunmen cut off telephone lines, turned over furniture, and hurled a computer to the floor. At the municipal garage they took all the keys for the 120 vehicles there, which included sewage trucks, drinking water trucks, and hearses, after the municipality refused to provide the group with a bulldozer.