Hamas under attack from Abbas and Israeli forces

[newyorican]

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic group, was under fire on two fronts on Friday as Israel renewed targeted missile strikes against its militants and the Palestinian government pursued a crackdown in Hamas strongholds in the Gaza Strip.

The forces of Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority appeared to have come off worse in their first concerted operation against Hamas gunmen since the president came to office in January.

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However, in Israel's renewed assassination strikes, at least four and possibly as many as seven Hamas militants were killed in airborne missile attacks.

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Palestinian security forces said the first missile launched in Gaza City landed outside a metal workshop, but did not appear to have exploded. No injuries were reported.

Minutes later another airstrike hit near a garage and a United Nations food warehouse near the Shati refugee camp in the city. A man and a girl were slightly wounded in the explosion, hospital officials said.

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[Behind the Aegis]

1. About damn time.

Good for Abbas!! Better late, than never! I hope we weeds them all out and can make his move to establish a proper, safe and secure homeland for his people!

[geek tragedy]

2. Hamas vs. Abbas is a complete mismatch--Hamas is too much

for Abbas to handle. He can't depend on the Israelis forever.

[newyorican]

3. Here we have a glimpse...

of what is to come.

Attempts by the PA to corral extreme elements of their own society, complicated by IDF indiscriminate fire into population centers.

Now that is "Juuuust Lovely".