Palestinian armed group threatens to kill rival Hamas leaders

GAZA CITY (AFP) — A Palestinian armed group linked to president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party has threatened to kill leaders of the rival Hamas movement, blaming them for a surge in deadly internecine violence. In a vitriolic statement Tuesday, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades pointed the finger at Hamas political supremo in Damascus Khaled Meshaal, interior minister Said Siam and chief of the group's para-military force in Gaza, Yussef al-Zahar.

"In this statement, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades declare loud and clear the decision of the people and the revolution to condemn to death the head of the discord Khaled Meshaal, as well as Said Siam and Yussef al-Zahar," it said. "We will charge ourselves with executing this sentence so that these scoundrels serve as an example to all those who dare spill Palestinian blood." The statement came after 10 people died and more than 100 were wounded in two days of ...