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Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/869585.html
17 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Infighting
[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Rival Palestinian gunmen exchanged fire at two Gaza hospitals, and Cabinet ministers fled their weekly meeting after the government headquarters was hit in a crossfire Monday, in the latest round in an increasingly brutal power struggle between Hamas and Fatah. In all, 17 Palestinians were killed Monday and early Tuesday, including three shot dead in Beit Hanoun Hospital in northern Gaza. At Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, combatants fired mortars, grenades and assault rifles. Gunmen from Hamas killed Jamal Abu al-Jediyan, Secretary General of the Fatah movement in northern Gaza and a co-founder of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. Palestinian sources said al-Jediyan, a close associate of Mohammed Dahlan, had been executed outside his home. Fatah spokesman Maher Mikdad pledged revenge, and in a message, Fatah called on its members to target all Hamas political and military leaders.