Palestinian Civil War Watch - 13

They are back at it.

At least one Palestinian was killed and some 20 others were wounded Thursday afternoon in fierce exchanges of fire that erupted between Hamas and Fatah gunmen in Gaza.

A 17-year-old Palestinian was killed during the gun battles, and two of those injured in the fighting are listed in critical condition.

The violence broke out in the central Gaza town of Bureij after Hamas militants hijacked a convoy delivering supplies to the Fatah-allied security forces, security officials said.

Security reinforcements were seen flooding into the town. Soon after, separate gun battles broke out in Gaza City and in northern Gaza outside a military intelligence post. Security officials said Hamas militants fired a rocket was fired at the post.

A Fatah member was kidnapped in northern Gaza during the clashes, security officials said.

In another incident unknown gunmen opened fire early Thursday at Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum as he drove with three bodyguards in his white sedan toward an impromptu checkpoint near Gaza City, Hamas said.

I predicted the most recent truce would last one or two days. It looks like it lasted three days. More or less. Read the whole article at the link. I have excerpted just a small part of the mayhem.

I do not believe it will come to an actual end for years if not decades. This is an old fashioned power struggle with outside powers feeding both sides. The Palestinians will bleed until the funding for the factions ceases.

See Follow the Money for one of my first looks at the money side of the equation.

The Jerusalem Post reports four dead.

Gunfights between Hamas and Fatah gunmen erupted across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, effectively destroying a three-day-old truce that brought a brief period of quiet to the volatile area.

The new wave of street battles killed at least four people, one of them a security officer, and left dozens more wounded.

Cross Posted at Classical Values