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11 killed as Hamas forces battle armed clan in Gaza
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Tags: Israel, Hamas, Doghmush, Gaza

Hamas forces assaulted the compound of a heavily armed Gaza clan early Tuesday, sparking a fierce street battle that killed 11 people in fighting throughout the night, Hamas officials said. Two bystanders, including a young boy, were among the dead.

One of the dead was a Hamas policeman, while the other ten were all clan members. Hamas officials said a pro-Al-Qaida militant was among the casualties.

Machine-gun fire and explosions were heard around the Gaza City neighborhood home to the Doghmush clan, a notorious family with links to both militant and criminal groups.
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Since taking over Gaza in a bloody coup last year, Hamas has moved to establish order in Gaza's once-chaotic streets and eliminate groups who could threaten its rule. Eleven people died in early August in a clash between Hamas forces and another clan aligned with its Fatah rivals.

Hamas launched the assault shortly after midnight, hours after a member of the Doghmush clan killed a policeman while resisting police. The fighting erupted after the clan refused to turn the man over, said Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab Ghussen, and continued for about nine hours.

A Hamas source said one of the casualties was a member of the Army of Islam, a pro-Al Qaida group. A medic said a fourth victim was unarmed.

The Army of Islam was involved in the March 2007 abduction of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was held hostage for four months before being released, and the 2006 kidnap of Israel Defense Forces soldier, Gilad Shalit, who is still being held.

Others in the clan are divided between supporters of Islamist Hamas and those who back Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, whose fighters were defeated when Hamas seized control of Gaza last year.

The Hamas-controlled interior ministry said in a statement its security forces resorted to force against "fugitives", including the Doghmush clan only "after exhausting all peaceful efforts" to arrest suspects.

Hamas forces said they seized explosives and weapons during the raid.

The British newspaper Sunday Times quoted a leader of the Doghmush clan this week as saying that Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Gaza militants in 2006, is "living in paradise."


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      2.   DOGMUSH do their dirty work for them,then Hamas turns on them 10:08  |  PETER SM 16/09/08
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      7.   not 5 but 11 bustards are down already 12:16  |  Vitaly 16/09/08
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