VOA标准英语2008年-Rival Palestinian Factions Fight Gun Battles in

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Rival Palestinian factions² have clashed in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Islamic militant³ group Hamas. At least four people, including two Hamas policemen, have been killed and dozens wounded. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
　
Smoke rises over buildings during crackdown by Hamas security forces on fatah-linked Hilles clan⁴, in Gaza City, 02 Aug 2008

Machine gun and mortar⁵ fire rang out in heavily-populated Gaza City as Hamas security forces stepped up the pressure on their Palestinian opponents. They attacked a stronghold of a clan aligned⁶ with the rival Fatah faction¹, and gunmen there returned fire. Hamas said it believed suspects in a bombing that killed five Hamas gunmen and a girl a week ago were hiding in the neighborhood.

The raid is part of an intensifying⁷ Hamas crackdown on Fatah. Since the bombing, more than 200 Fatah activists⁸ have been arrested.

Fatah official Abdullah Abdullah says the Hamas crackdown
"[...] is another proof that these people are not interested in the welfare, well-being⁹ of the Palestinians, not on their daily needs and or even in their national, political program."

The infighting is some of the most serious since Hamas routed Fatah forces in the Gaza civil war a year ago. Fatah leader and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas now heads a more moderate government in the West Bank.

In retaliation¹⁰ for the Gaza arrests, Fatah forces have rounded up dozens of Hamas activists in the West Bank. Fatah militants¹¹ also abducted¹² Hamas official Mohammed Ghazal in the West Bank town of Nablus.

In a telephone interview on Al-Jazeera television, Ghazal said his captors will not release him until Hamas halts it crackdown on Fatah in Gaza.