Talk Of Civil War As Tension Rises

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http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1841622006

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Two cars carrying gunmen drove from both directions down the one-way street, which is lined with nine schools, then jumped out to fire more than 60 rounds into the car carrying Osama, nine, Ahmed, six, and three-year-old Salaam. One child was hit ten times in the head.

Witnesses said several of the gunmen also fired indiscriminately into the crowd, as children and passers-by ran for cover "screaming and weeping in fear", according to one young child.

Seemingly unable to attack their father, a Palestinian intelligence officer, the assassins decided to assassinate his children instead.

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THERE were fears last night that widespread fighting could break out between militiamen of Hamas and Fatah after the killing of the three children.

There were also concerns the incident could set a precedent for targeting of children and civilians in the inter-Palestinian fighting.

The Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya condemned the killings of Colonel Baha Ba'lousha's three sons, saying: "We cannot be silent in the face of this heinous crime. I have asked the interior minister to take all measures to chase the killers and bring them to justice."

Fatah leaders blamed Hamas for allowing such acts to happen, even though they did not mention the Islamic movement's name.

"There are dark forces that want to plunge the Palestinian people into civil war," said Fatah MP Mohammed Dahlan.

"But when matters come to massacring children on their way to school, it means there is a new culture in Palestinian society that we must face with the force of the law."

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This is an Israel v. Palestine topic, and you are free to re-post it that forum if you wish: it does not belong in G.D.-P., though.