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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080831/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpoliticsgazahealthstrike_080831095220

Gaza Doctors Strike Against Hamas Sackings

[AFP] Doctors in Gaza struck for a second day Sunday to protest what they said was the Hamas-run government's firing of health workers loyal to the rival Fatah movement. Participation in the strike climbed to around 90 percent, said a senior medical official at Gaza City's main Al-Shifa hospital. He said Hamas-run security forces had started rounding up doctors and health workers and taking them to hospitals by force. The doctors went on strike Saturday to protest the sacking of some 50 doctors and other health workers by the Hamas-run health ministry, saying the decision was politically motivated.

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