Hamas militia accused of killing 7 people in Gaza
Palestine, Politics, 11/14/2007

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced three days official mourning on the death of those killed by Hamas militia's bullets as they were commemorating the third anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat.

President Abbas issued today a decree to consider those killed Monday by Hamas militias coup in Gaza as martyrs on the road to freedom, independence and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, an act which reflects the strong hostility that has developed between the two main factions in the Palestinian government and Palestinian politics.

At least seven citizens were killed and over 200 others wounded in Gaza when Hamas militia attacked hundred of thousands of citizens who were commemorating the third anniversary of late President Yasser Arafat, according to the official Palestinian new agency WAFA.

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