Palestinian Authority says Hamas shot Fatah men in legs during Gaza fighting

Fatah spokesman says activists targeted after they violated the house arrest imposed on them; Hamas says leadership did not order shootings. The Palestinian Authority confirmed Tuesday that Fatah activists in the Gaza Strip have been shot in the legs by Hamas during Operation Protective Edge.

Gen. Adnan Damiri, spokesman for the Fatah-dominated PA security forces in the West Bank, said that the activists were targeted after they violated the house arrest imposed on them by Hamas.

Hamas officials have denied the charges, saying the shootings were probably carried out by individuals who acted on their own and not on instructions from the Hamas leadership.

Damiri said during a seminar in Ramallah that some of the wounded Fatah men were being treated in West Bank hospitals.

Fatah officials said last week that more than 250 of their men in the Gaza Strip have been ordered by Hamas not to leave their homes during the war.


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