Hamas seizes Fatah security headquarters

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hundreds of Hamas fighters firing rockets and mortar shells captured the headquarters of the
Fatah'-allied security forces in northern Gaza on Tuesday, scoring a key victory in the bloody battle for control of the seaside strip. Both sides said Gaza had descended into civil war, as the death toll from two days of Palestinian fighting reached 37.Tuesday's battles marked a turning point, with Hamas moving systematically to seize Fatah positions in what some in the Islamic militant group said would be a decisive phase in the yearlong power struggle. The confrontations became increasingly brutal in recent days, with some killed execution-style in the streets, others in hospital shootouts or thrown off rooftops.President Mahmoud Abbas accused the Islamic militants of Hamas of trying to stage a coup.Hamas and Fatah have waged a power struggle in fits and spurts since Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006, and Hamas signaled that the fighting was moving into a decisive phase.
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