"Palestinian armed groups must stop endangering civilians"

Report, Amnesty International, 4 October 2005

Factional fighting by Palestinian armed groups has reached an unprecedented level and is recklessly endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. In recent days, shoot outs between armed groups such as Hamas and Palestinian Authority security forces have resulted in civilian bystanders being killed and injured due to high-powered weapons being used in densely populated civilian areas.

On Sunday 2 October two Palestinian bystanders were killed and several were injured as a result of armed clashes between Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces and members and supporters of the Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza City and in an attack by another armed group reportedly calling itself the “Popular Army” in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis.

Armed clashes broke out when PA security forces attempted to stop a car carrying armed Hamas members reportedly to enforce compliance with a PA ban imposed last week on armed groups carrying/displaying weapons in population centres in the Gaza Strip.

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