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| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: September 9, 2007 |
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Clashes broke out in Gaza between Hamas security forces and Fatah supporters, during which at least 70 people were wounded, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to witnesses, the Hamas militants were armed with rifles and clubs, and beat Fatah supporters trying to hold street prayers to protest the Islamic group's rule in Gaza.
The militants also assaulted at least seven journalists and detained five.
Four people were injured after an explosive device was thrown into the middle of one protest rally in southern Gaza.
One security officer told reporters, "If a single shot is on TV, you know what will happen." He then slid his finger across his throat. At one point a Hamas security man tried to confiscate a photographer's camera.
"I identified myself as a journalist and showed him my card, my journalist card, I told him, 'If you want the tape take the tape, I don't care,' but they kept on beating me and took the camera," Muhammad Abu Sido, a cameraman for a Palestinian news service, told AP Television News.
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