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| Hamas supporters, PA police clash in Rafah |
| 2002-07-05 |
| Palestinian Police opened fire in the air as Hamas supporters and residents of Rafah pelted the police station with stones and a home-made hand grenade on Wednesday. The demonstrators were calling for the authorities to condemn to death a man accused by Hamas of collaborating in the killing by Israeli forces of six people, including two Hamas officials, two weeks ago in a helicopter raid in southern Gaza. The man had reportedly been kidnapped last week by Hamas, who announced he would be executed. But members of Fatah negotiated his surrender Tuesday to the Palestinian Authority for trial, Palestinian officials said. The crowd who massed outside Rafah police station Wednesday included relatives of those killed in the Israeli attack, who wanted to ensure the alleged collaborator was executed. Well, that's certainly a nice sign. Sure hope we see more of it in the coming days... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |