Gaza clashes as Hamas wages security crackdown

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Clashes broke out in Gaza City on Sunday, wounding at least six people, as Hamas-run security forces pressed on with a territory-wide crackdown on rival Palestinian factions after a deadly bombing.

The fighting erupted when Hamas-run police moved to arrest members of the Army of Islam, a small shadowy militant group believed to have links to Al-Qaeda.

"Hamas forces came to arrest us early this morning, just after midnight," one member of the group who asked not to be named told reporters.

"There was fighting for several hours, with rocket-propelled grenades, explosions and gunfire, but they did not arrest anyone."

At least six people were wounded in the clashes, said a medic at Gaza's main Al-Shifa hospital who also asked not to be...