Palestinian rivals clash in West Bank village

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) — Palestinian security forces stormed into a pro-Hamas West Bank village on Tuesday, sparking violent clashes as they pressed on with an arrest campaign against the Islamist movement.

Witnesses said at least one person was shot and wounded and another arrested when forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas raided the village of Silwad, the family home of exiled Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal, at dawn.

The local mayor is a member of Hamas and the village is considered a stronghold of the Islamist movement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

A Palestinian security official said forces targeted a band of car thieves and arrested an individual "wanted by the law" but denied there was any political motivation behind the operation....

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