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Four killed in Hamas-Fatah violence in Gaza

GAZA-Three Hamas policemen and a member of a pro-Fatah clan were killed on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, medics said, in violence that could complicate Arab-backed efforts to reconcile rival Palestinian factions. The fighting erupted when Hamas gunmen surrounded a neighborhood in Gaza City to arrest members of the Helles clan, who the Islamist group believes were behind bombings that killed five Hamas gunmen and a girl on Friday.Members of the Helles clan, affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, surrendered to Hamas after clashes that also wounded five Hamas policemen and 80 other people, including 16 children, a Hamas official said. Fatah denied the charges against the Helles clan.Clan leader Ahmed Helles and a number of his men escaped to the border with Israel. An Israeli army spokesman said soldiers allowed Helles and his men to cross the border and some were evacuated to Israeli hospitals for treatment.A Hamas spokesman said Hamas had arrested some 100 gunmen, including 10 people it believes were behind the bombings, and confiscated large quantities of arms and explosives.The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said Abbas had telephoned Ahmed Helles, a senior Fatah representative in the Gaza Strip, to express solidarity. Abbas called Hamas's campaign "unacceptable" and a blow to his call for national dialogue.The violence could hamper Egyptian efforts to reconcile Fatah with Hamas. Tension between the two spiked last year when Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip after routing pro-Abbas forces.Hamas spokesman Islam Shahwan said one officer was killed by an explosive and two were killed by a rocket propelled grenade during fighting in Gaza City's Shejaia suburb.
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