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Hamas takes Gaza, Abbas dismisses government:
After four days of violence in the Palestinian territories,
Hamas fighters took over the headquarters of rival faction
Fatah's Preventive Security Forces and the offices of
military intelligence in the Gaza strip today. Hamas dragged
Fatah members out of the buildings and executed them on the
street. At least 100 people, both Hamas and Fatah, have been
killed in the fighting this week. There are reports that
Hamas is closing in on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's
Gaza compound. Hamas announced that Gaza is now under its
Islamic rule, the first step towards becoming an Islamic
state.
In response, President Abbas, a member of Fatah, dissolved
the three-month-old Hamas-led unity government and announced
a state of emergency. He is establishing a temporary
emergency government, which must be approved by the
Palestinian Legislative Council until elections can be held.
Hamas has rejected all of Abbas's claims. A Hamas spokesman
said that Prime Minister Ismail Haniya would not step down.
The timing of this event is vague, but the culmination was
on the 14th and the fighting ended late that day.
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