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One Killed, 17 Hurt in Renewed Hamas-Fatah Clashes in Gaza
[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - One Palestinian was killed and 17 wounded in renewed fighting between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza on Thursday. Hassan al-Bazam, 20, who works as a bodyguard for Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, was kidnapped Monday by Fatah gunmen. "They beat me severely with clubs and rifles," Bazam said. "They extinguished cigarettes on my body and melted candles on my back. They also hung me from my hands and started shooting between my legs." Bazam said the kidnappers also shaved his eyebrows, beard and part of his head, which was then marked with a Force 17 [Presidential Guard] sign. Fayez Barawi, a physician with close links to Hamas, was kidnapped and shot on Thursday by one of the PA security organizations. PA officers shot him five times in different parts of the body. Earlier Thursday, Fatah activist Wael Wahbi, 27, was killed in a clash with Hamas gunmen in Rafah after a group of Fatah gunmen attacked Hamas supporters outside a local mosque.