A Palestinian Hamas militant takes
position inside the headquarters of security forces loyal to President
Mahmoud Abbas after they seized it in Gaza June 13, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters
Photo)
GAZA,
June 13 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Wednesday
that they took over the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt as part of their
campaign to capture Palestinian security posts.
"Hamas has seized all the security position on the
border," spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Xinhua.
For his part, the spokesman of Hamas' armed wing, Abu
Obaida, told reporters that Rafah border crossing was also under Hamas' control.
"Our target is the security apparatuses wherever they
are," said Abu Obaida, adding that their control of Rafah was also meant to
facilitate the work at the crossing, closed for more than a week.
Representatives of the European Union Border
Assistance Mission(EUBAM) act as third-party monitors on the
Palestinian-Egyptian terminal.
Hamas armed wing did not enter inside the crossing
"because it was unsafe for them since Israeli drones were flying overhead," Abu
Obaida said. Israeli authorities watch the crossing through several central
cameras.
In addition, Abu Obaida announced that the military
wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) decided to join Hamas' al-Qassam
Brigades in their fighting against the "coup seekers" among the security
agencies.
Earlier, Abu Obaida said Hamas seized most of the
security compounds except four big sites in Gaza city which included President
Mahmoud Abbas' residence and office, the intelligence and the major security
headquarter.
The operations to take over the places of pro-Abbas
forces left many gunmen and security members dead and Hamas raids on houses of
senior Fatah officials killed members of their families.
Mu'awia Hassanin, director of ambulance department,
said that16 people were killed on Wednesday and the total number of those killed
in the last three days of clashes was 62.
GAZA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian security mediators
started a meeting with Hamas officials in Gaza city on Wednesday afternoon as
the movement continued battles against rival Fatah.
Sources close to Hamas said the meeting came after
telephone conversations that Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suliman made with
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas' exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal. Full story
GAZA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Militants from Islamic
Resistance Movement, or Hamas, destroyed on Wednesday afternoon a security
headquarters in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, eyewitnesses and
security sources said.
The sources said that Hamas militants, backed by
members of the auxiliary force controlled by Hamas, dug a tunnel under the main
headquarters of the preventive security in the city.Full story
GAZA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Islamic
Resistance Movement (Hamas) vowed on Wednesday to continue fighting against "the
coup makers" led by Fatah security chiefs who are loyal to President Mahmoud
Abbas.
"If Fatah was interested in stopping the clashes,
simply they can keep down the coup makers and traitorous stream among its
members," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement sent to the
media.Full story
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