Palestinians battle on in Gaza, toll now 53 dead
Palestinians battled on across the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday and six more factional fighters were killed, raising the death toll to 53 in four days of the fiercest internal fighting in months, hospital officials said. Gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement attacked positions controlled by security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah throughout central Gaza, killing one militant and wounding at least 10, hospital officials said. Full Story