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		Palestinians walking over rubble of houses destroyed during clashes between Hamas and Fatah gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip in June. (AP)

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Rights group: Hamas, Fatah breached int'l law in internecine clashes

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Hamas and Fatah committed "grave breaches" of international law during their internecine clashes in the Gaza Strip in June, a Palestinian human rights group said on Tuesday, detailing a series of extra-judicial killings.

In a new report, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said 161 Palestinians, of whom 41 were civilians, were killed during fighting between June 7 and June 14 in which Hamas Islamists took control of the territory from secular Fatah.

"The two sides perpetrated grave breaches of the provisions of international law concerning internal armed conflicts, including extra-judicial and wilful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them," the PCHR said.

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In some cases, people were seized by gunmen in their homes and their bodies were later found dumped in remote areas.

"The PCHR also documented a number of cases, in which militants executed wounded persons during their evacuation to hospitals," the 105-page report said, citing testimony from relatives of the dead.

At least two people - a Fatah fighter and a Hamas member - were pushed to their deaths from tall buildings, said the PCHR, the leading Palestinian human rights group in the Gaza Strip.

In one incident, a wounded member of the Fatah-affiliated Preventive Security Service, was shot dead in a hospital by Hamas gunmen, his mother told the PCHR.

"When the militants reached my son's bed, they opened fire at him. He was hit by several gunshots throughout his body," she said, according to the report.

The group said militants "disregarded the lives of civilians" by turning rooftops of apartment buildings into firing positions and setting up barriers in populated area.

"Dozens of houses were destroyed and many houses and apartments were damaged," the report said.

The PCHR urged both Hamas and Fatah to form independent investigating committees to examine their fighters' conduct during the conflict.

Commenting on the report, Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas official, said the document failed to examine "killings and sabotage" by the Fatah-dominated Palestinian security services before the fighting in June.

"Therefore, the incidents (in June) were in response to the practices of the security services," he said.

Hazem Abu Shanab, a Fatah leader, said the faction had urged legal action against "all those who violated (the law)", regardless of their affiliation

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1.	False Reporting	17:00	\|	Aaron I. Lubling	09/10/07

2.	What??? Arabs breaching intl law by killing..	17:00	\|	SLAVO	09/10/07

3.	Joke	17:58	\|	Serge	09/10/07

4.	yes , and we needed this report to know this????	18:00	\|	Gabriel	09/10/07

5.	Let`s hear it	18:01	\|	H	09/10/07

6.	The first glimmer of PA democracy!	18:02	\|	Polybios	09/10/07

7.	SShh...don`t wake all the people you put to sleep..	18:04	\|	mea	09/10/07

8.	Grim reading	18:07	\|	Outsider	09/10/07

9.	In other words: Situation Normal	18:25	\|	MichaelF	09/10/07

10.	True,but the org.omits mention of the horrific beating deaths of	18:44	\|	lakshmi	09/10/07

11.	Hamas Official Agrees With Ha`aretz` Reporting	19:04	\|	Double Click	09/10/07

12.	What was their comment about Shalit?	19:10	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	09/10/07

13.	`Rights Group`? I don`t think so	19:17	\|	Chick	09/10/07

14.	WHERE ARE THE HATERS???	19:26	\|	Igor D.	09/10/07

15.	Killing is an Military word!	19:57	\|	Paul	09/10/07

16.	What "Killings and sabotage"??	20:09	\|	Confused	09/10/07

17.	Oh, yeah	20:29	\|	Uzi	09/10/07

18.	Igor # 14	20:38	\|	ChanahS	09/10/07

19.	WHAT A BRILLIANT CONCLUSION !!!	20:51	\|	Fortuina Benmayor	09/10/07

20.	Standard Arab Response (Somebody Has to Do It!)	21:17	\|	massaraksh	09/10/07

21.	ChanahS #18	21:27	\|	TonyL	09/10/07

22.	NO CRIMES HERE	21:29	\|	Brant	09/10/07

23.	Israel supplied and supported these "clashes"	21:31	\|	Natallie Durson	09/10/07

24.	#2 What ISRAEL Breaching Int`l Law By Killing, Etc.? NOTHING New!	21:32	\|	Proud Pal Defender	09/10/07

25.	Abbas (Fatah)/Moderates WE SUPPORT YOU 100%! ...Make Us Proud!!!!	21:38	\|	Proud Pal Defender	09/10/07

26.	Isrealis should not be happy, this is very sad for PA mothers	21:42	\|	Immagine	09/10/07

27.	Where`s Natalie and Clicky now	21:46	\|	Daniel	09/10/07

28.	Report: Pope is Catholic	21:50	\|	BF	09/10/07

29.	Brant 22 - (:	22:12	\|	ChanahS	09/10/07

30.	Durson # 23 - You have just fallen into the trap	22:14	\|	ChanahS	09/10/07

31.	# 25	22:15	\|	ChanahS	09/10/07

32.	Arabs did not violate int rules,they just	22:16	\|	TOMY	09/10/07

33.	Those arab "humanists" should be	22:23	\|	TOMY	09/10/07

34.	Blind hatred: are you really reading?	22:28	\|	M	09/10/07

35.	Wrong! Arabs have their own Laws.....	22:53	\|	Dagma	09/10/07

36.	#23 NUT allie Durson	23:08	\|	* BEN JABO	09/10/07

37.	#26 Immagine- There is a difference when palestinians	23:40	\|	Chick	09/10/07

38.	Since when do Hamas/Fatah care about Intl law?	23:42	\|	Joe Sittizen	09/10/07

39.	Dude search the news history#1	23:45	\|	Paul	09/10/07

40.	#20	00:18	\|	M	10/10/07

41.	23 Durson	00:37	\|	Oddvark	10/10/07

42.	Where are all those human rights groups??	00:57	\|	Massoud Levy	10/10/07

43.	#6 Polybios	01:16	\|	Sol	10/10/07

44.	To Daniel: they already blamed Israel	01:37	\|	judith	10/10/07

45.	#34 M, Tell us, how many M s are among arabs	01:41	\|	TOMY	10/10/07

46.	#36 - Independent Thinkers Are NUTS	01:43	\|	Double Click	10/10/07

47.	The Nature of ALL Civil Wars	01:48	\|	Mark of Lewiston	10/10/07

48.	Brant #22	01:52	\|	Double Click	10/10/07

49.	For #36 Ben Jabber - Another Witty Post	01:57	\|	chet	10/10/07

50.	More Israeli Propaganda from the Gaza take over	02:04	\|	Dutch	10/10/07

51.	Why Pal rights groups ignore Israeli casualties?	02:48	\|	William	10/10/07

52.	Mark of Lewiston	03:09	\|	Steve	10/10/07

53.	52 Steve from Wherever - You must be kidding	06:49	\|	Mark of Lewiston	10/10/07

54.	#49 Chet`s Chit Chat	16:51	\|	* BEN JABO	10/10/07

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