Special report: Internal situation in Palestine 

    GAZA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- As leaders of Palestinian factions are negotiating in Cairo to agree on an internal cease-fire, the infighting between rival Fatah and Islamic Hamas militants renewed on Saturday in southern Gaza Strip.

    Eyewitnesses said that armed clashes had suddenly sparked between Hamas and Fatah militants in the western neighborhood of Tal al-Sultan in Rafah town in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday evening.

    The clashes took place when Hamas militants and members of the interior ministry auxiliary force were seen seizing the roofs of several buildings in the neighborhood, said the witnesses.

    They said that Fatah militants blocked the roads with sand barriers and stones.

    However, each group had accused the other for being responsible of sparking the infighting.

    Doctors at Abu Yousef al-Najjar said that seven Palestinians were shot and wounded, adding they are all in moderate conditions and they were receiving the proper treatment.

    The infighting sparked when both sides were trying to implement an agreement reached on Thursday to end the fighting in the town.

    Earlier in that day, a Fatah militant was shot dead and 12 others were injured during clashes between the two groups. Egyptian mediators interfered and managed to contain the infighting.