Five Palestinians killed in three separate Gaza bombings

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A powerful explosion ripped through a car on a busy Gaza City beach Friday night, killing four and injuring 20, Hamas security officials said, hours after two previous blasts left an additional Gazan dead.

The Hamas armed wing issued a statement blaming "members of the fugitive party" - a derogatory term for Fatah - for Friday night's blast at a major junction outside Gaza City.

"We have information that some elements are planning to carry out bombings against the interests and leaders of Hamas in order to sow anarchy," said senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, whose son, himself a gunman, was wounded in the blast.

No group claimed responsiblity for the blasts.

The late night explosion killed Amar Musubah, a Hamas military field commander, Hamas militant Eyad Al-Hia, a child and a fourth unidentified individual. All the wounded were civilians, medical officials said.
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Gaza has been relatively quiet over the past month because of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect in mid-June.

But the cease-fire has stoked some tensions between Palestinian factions as Hamas has sought to prevent other groups from firing cross-border rockets at Israel.

Gaza also sees internal Palestinian violence, some of it carried out by fundamentalists who oppose what they see as signs of Western cultural encroachment.

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1. Hamas hints Fatah behind blast

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The circumstances of the blast were not immediately clear. According to one report, the explosion occurred while the two Hamas men were carrying explosive devices. A gas tank was apparently found in their vehicle. However, another possibility is that the blast was a deliberate attack on Hamas members.


Hamas hints Fatah behind blast
Hamas said the explosion was the work of "gangs of agents," apparently hinting that Fatah members were responsible for the blast. Hamas also said that those killed in the explosion were out on a trip organized by a Gaza mosque.

Soon after the blast, Hamas said the bomb had been planted near a place where Hamas police cars park, but that there were no officers present during the detonation. The dead and wounded were passersby on their way to the beach, medical officials in Gaza said.

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2. And Ma'an says.....result of "outsourcing" by the Israeli army.

4 dead, 20 injured as car of Hamas leader explodes near Gaza City

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The fourth death was that of an unidentified little girl.

Ihab Al-Ghussain, spokesperson for the de facto ministry of the interior, said that the reasons behind the explosion are unknown. He affirmed that Gaza police will search for the perpetrators, though he did not rule out the idea that the deaths were the result of "outsourcing" by the Israeli army.

This is the third explosion in Gaza on Friday. Earlier in the day, one Palestinian was killed in the first blast at Ag-Gazira café in the centre of the city. The man dead was assumed to have been the bomber.

Shortly after the café bombing there was another explosion outside the house of Dr Marwan Abu Ras, a Hamas member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, also in Gaza City, though no one was injured.

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3. "result of "outsourcing" by the Israeli army"

What the hell does that mean?

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4. Beats the hell outta me but Ma'an has now updated the story to

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'Media spokesman for the police Islam Shahwan, said that they have sufficient information that Fatah elements were involved in an attempt to attack high profile Hamas figures in Gaza . He said that the police arrested the suspects immediately after the explosion. Those arrested have apparently claimed responsibility for the attack.'

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