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Hamas and Fatah militants clashing in Gaza City on Saturday (Retuers)
Last update - 22:34 05/08/2008
Hamas warns of uprising against Fatah in West Bank
By The Associated Press
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Hamas 

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A West Bank Fatah official responded that Hamas was issuing empty threats. After Hamas expelled Fatah forces from Gaza in June 2007, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah set up a government in the West Bank. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 but maintains a large military presence and overall security control in the West Bank.

Abu Zuhri's interview with the AP reflected Hamas' increasingly tough stance toward Fatah, after it routed the Fatah-linked Hilles clan in Gaza City over the weekend.

The Hamas sweep underscored Hamas' tight control in the coastal territory.

Dozens of the clansmen fled to the West Bank through Israel, running over hills and dodging gunfire to escape Hamas fighters.

As the conflict has intensified, Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank have rounded up dozens of political opponents, amid growing reports of beatings and mistreatment of detainees by both sides.

Abu Zuhri said the crackdown on Hamas loyalists would not break the movement. Instead it would bring the opposite result.

"It will lead to what will appear like an uprising against the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank," he said.

Abu Zuhri said his movement was not actively planning for a military takeover, but it was an option.

"If arrests continue, they will lead to unplanned-for responses, whether from resistance fighters or the people," he said.

Fahmi Zaarir, a spokesman for Fatah in the West Bank dismissed the Hamas threats. "If they can do anything, let them do it. We are not afraid," he said.

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