 | Prime example of when Paleo incompetence is lamentable. |
Hamas gunmen clashed with security forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Gaza Strip leaving two people dead while four others were injured in a mortar attack on the presidential compound.
| Prime Minister Ismael Hania, a leader of the Islamic Hamas movement, called for a boycott of early elections. |
The clashes came as Prime Minister Ismael Hania, a leader of the Islamic Hamas movement, called for a boycott of early elections that Abbas, who leads the rival Fatah movement, yesterday announced he plans to hold.
The attack on Abbas's beachside presidential compound hit a building used by the presidential guard and also a nearby house, a Palestinian security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said by telephone. Abbas was at his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah at the time of the attack. |