>>Abdul Hamid, 28, and Mohammad, 24, were Palestinian National Authority police officers. They had no explosive belts, nor did they intend to blow themselves up . . . . Bureij is special because my cousins died there, holding onto old rifles while defending a falling refugee camp<<
Defending Hamas is what they were doing.
>>Some 40 Israeli armoured vehicles, backed by helicopters, stormed the Bureij refugee camp overnight sparking gun battles which left 10 Palestinians dead, as Muslims were celebrating Eid al-Fitr holidays which follow the Ramadan holy fasting month.
The army said the incursion was aimed at destroying the house of a wanted militant as well as arresting and searching the houses of militants from the hardline Islamic group Hamas.<<
middle-east-online.com
>>The Islamic militant group Hamas said six of the 10 killed were its activists, at least one from its military wing, according to a statement received by the Shiite Muslim guerrilla group Hezbollah's television station in Lebanon . . . . The casualties came when gunbattles erupted with Palestinian militants in the camp.
"Unfortunately, there were also some civilian victims," Pazner said. "We deeply regret those victims. But they are a result of the fact that terrorists hide among the civilian population and try to use them as literally human shields."
He also noted that one of the two U.N. staff members killed -- Osama Hassan Tahrawi, 31, a school attendant -- was listed by Hamas as among its victims.<<
trivalleyherald.com
Why were the Israelis killing Hamas? Because Hamas had taken over the camp, and were killing the Palestinian police.
>>a senior police officer in the Gaza Strip, who was kidnapped and killed last September by a group of Hamas gunmen led by Imad Aqel, a resident of al-Bureij<<
jpost.com
>>Five Palestinians were killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, but at the hands of fellow Palestinians.
CBS News Correspondent Robert Berger reports Palestinian police are locked in a blood feud with the Islamic militant group Hamas. It began Monday when Hamas gunmen killed a colonel who headed the Palestinian riot police. That was revenge for the killing of Hamas supporters in riots a year ago. When police tried to arrest suspects in connection with the latest shooting, gun battles erupted with Hamas militants, leaving four Hamas members dead. <<
cbsnews.com
>>The Israeli army called the camp "a base for hardcore terror groups" of the militant Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Popular Resistance Committee . . . . The Palestinians blame Israel's military crackdown for fueling the violence. They also say Israeli military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have decimated the Palestinian security forces and left them unable to stop militants.
Though the Palestinians have not rescinded their recognition of Israel, the report claims that their "failure to take action against terror groups ... has called into question their commitment of recognizing Israel's right to exist in peace and security."<<
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