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January 30, 2007
Palestinian Civil War Watch - 12
The current cease fire is holding. Except for one killing. So far. A Hamas affiliated gunman was shot dead in Khan Younies on Tuesday afternoon. Hamas officials are holding gunmen from Fateh responsible for the shooting. It is the first fatality to be reported since the cease-fire came into effect at 3 A.M [local time -which is +2GMT - ed.] on Tuesday morning.Jeeze, what a surprise. The chain of command is unsound. They don't have orders. They have "suggestions". Give the situation, in another day or two the battles will be raging again. It looks like the person killed was a Hamas military leader. Gunmen shot dead a Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and the Islamist group blamed a Fatah-dominated security service for the first killing in the territory since a ceasefire went into effect overnight. It looks like the cease fire is holding. So far. In addition Fatah and Hamas have exchanged hostages. Rival Palestinian factions have swapped hostages under a ceasefire deal that went into effect hours earlier, largely halting gun battles in which at least 30 Palestinians were killed.Shops are opening. Traffic is resuming. People are coming out of their homes after being shut in for 5 days. It is quite possible that this truce will hold. For a while. Which would make my prediction of a couple of days to rest and refit wrong. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 01.30.07 at 03:23 PM |
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