At least two people were killed Friday as Hamas gunmen fought Palestinian Authority security forces in Gaza City. Friday’s fighting was the worst internecine Palestinian violence in years. Pressure on Abbas to confront terrorist groups intensified in recent days after a bombing attack in Netanya killed five Israelis and a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip killed a woman in an Israeli village.
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