Eight Killed in Gaza Gun Fights ; World News IN BRIEF

Jun 12, 02:06 AM

Current Headlines: GAZA CITY Eight Palestinians were killed yesterday as gunmen exchanged fire at two hospitals in the increasingly brutal power struggle between Hamas and Fatah. The firefights - at Beit Hanoun Hospital in northern Gaza and at Gaza's largest hospital, Shifa in Gaza City - took place despite appeals for calm from President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, whose home came under fire.

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