It’s always nice to see one terrorist group going after another terrorist group. And, that’s exactly what’s been going on in Gaza for many months, as Hamas’s terrorists have been facing off with terrorists from the Fatah Party. If we’re lucky they’ll all wipe each other out, and then there won’t be any of the dirtbags left. And, both the Israelis and the Palestinians will be much better off. But, I’m being tongue in cheek, because as long as the Palestinans have an irrational hatred for Israel, and as long as the Palestinian media continues to radicalize their population, they’ll be plenty of suicide bombers and other thugs coming out of the woodwork.
Deadly factional fighting in Gaza has created a “dangerous” situation, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Saturday, adding that his security forces would try to get gunmen off the streets.
Haniyeh spoke a day after a top militant was killed in a car bomb. His killing set off exchanges of fire that killed three Palestinians, wounded 36 and raised the possibility of wider clashes. It was the first direct threat to the new Hamas government, which was sworn in earlier this week.Haniyeh said Saturday that top security officials were trying to end tensions, “because this is a dangerous situation and shouldn’t happen again.”
The prime minister said the security forces would also try to “pull our civilian gunmen off the streets,” but did not explain whether he was referring to all armed men who are not members of the security forces. Gaza has been plagued by lawlessness in recent months, with gunmen roaming the streets with impunity. Many have ties to Fatah.
The new Hamas government held an emergency meeting Friday night pledging to end public displays of weapons in the Gaza Strip.
The meeting followed a day of unrest sparked by the death of Abu Yousef Abu Quka, a Palestinian militant with ties to Hamas, in a car bombing. His followers blamed security forces linked to the rival Fatah movement. Abu Quka is believed to have been involved in the killing of four American security guards in the Gaza Strip in October 2003.
Information Minister Yousef Rizka said the government decided to form a committee to look into the killing. He also said the government pledged “to remove all arms from the street.”
Earlier Friday, Haniyeh appealed for calm in Gaza, saying that he asked his interior minister, Saeed Seyam, to conduct an immediate investigation into the death of Abu Quka, a top commander in the Popular Resistance Committees, an umbrella group of militants in Gaza often responsible for rocket attacks against Israel.
Abu Quka’s followers blamed security forces loyal to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement for the assassination.
A shootout at the militant’s funeral killed three more people – among them a member of the Palestinian security services, a PRC militant and a bystander.
Palestinian Health Minister Basim Naeem said 36 people were wounded in the fighting, including seven children.
Stop taking your children to the funerals of dead terrorists and they’ll have less of a chance of being killed. Oh, but then they may not be properly indoctriated in your hateful ideology, and we certainly can’t have that now can we?
