Word: fatah
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...have succeeded in taking out a few Hamas commanders and slowing the rain of homemade rockets landing on its soil from Gaza. But it has fallen into a familiar trap. Once again, their mutual loathing of Israel has helped warring Palestinian militias overcome their fratricidal tendencies. When the Fatah-Hamas power struggle turns into a shooting war, the most effective way of getting a cease-fire appears to be firing a few dozen badly aimed rockets into southern Israel and then waiting for the Israelis to intervene - which the Israelis invariably do. And when under fire from the Israelis...
...Israelis have focused their fury on Hamas, not Fatah, whose armed gangs are loosely tied to President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader preferred by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Bush Administration. Israeli jets scorched Gaza, killing Hamas militants as they prepared to launch rockets or while speeding through the dusty Mediterranean strip. They also blasted warehouses, schools and buildings where Hamas was thought to gather or store arms...
...Israel's strategy of targeting only Hamas may actually help the Islamists in their feud with Fatah. After the latest round of selective air strikes, even moderate Palestinians in Gaza are coming around to the Hamas view that their rival Fatah will do anything to regain power, even collude with the enemy Israel. But in the meantime, Hamas commanders are staying off their cellphones...
...convoy was struck by several mortar rounds while unloading its emergency provisions. Although none of the crew were harmed, three vehicles were damaged and had to be abandoned. The U.N. said it was unsure whether the mortar fire was from the Lebanese army ringing the camp or from the Fatah al-Islam militants holed up inside. But the drivers of the trucks said they were sure it was Fatah al-Islam...
...Mustafa, a Palestinian employee of the U.N. agency responsible for refugees, had found himself trapped in the camp when fighting broke out. He said that the Fatah al-Islam militants were forcing people to remain in the camp by shooting at anyone attempting to flee. The one tiny medical clinic in the camp was completely overwhelmed with casualties, he said. "The wounded cannot move anywhere. If they can't reach medical help, they die," he explained, adding that he and his colleagues were forced to amputate the hand of a wounded man themselves...