By Andrew L. Jaffee

While the Palestinian civil war rages on, Hamas fighters are such morons that they killed 5 of their own. Some Palestinians are fleeing this chaos for… Israel. A nurse tending to the wounded was shot in the head and is now brain-dead. Hamas is trying to drag Israel into their conflict with Fatah, as they cannot accept responsibility for their own chaos.

From the AP:

Hamas gunmen killed five of their own combatants in an ambush Wednesday on a Fatah vehicle that had been carrying Hamas detainees, Fatah officials said.

Also killed were two members of the Fatah-affiliated Preventive Security force that had been guarding the detained Hamas members, the officials said. …

From the Jerusalem Post:

…”People see the anarchy and instability in the Palestinian Authority areas and prefer to leave to a safer place,” explained Ibrahim Barakat, a businessman from Beit Hanina, a large Arab neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. “Also, people are afraid of losing their status as permanent residents of Israel and that’s why they are moving back into Jerusalem. After all, life inside Israel is much better than the West Bank.”…

From the AP:

…Hamas gunmen fatally shot six bodyguards from the rival Fatah movement and fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israel Wednesday, apparently attempting to draw Israel into the fierce Palestinian infighting as the Gaza Strip slid further into chaos. …

From the AP:

…A nurse traveling in an ambulance was shot in the head after being caught in the crossfire, hospital officials said. The officials reported that she had died, but the woman’s family later said she was brain dead and being kept alive by a respirator. In four days of fighting, 32 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured. …

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Related: Palestinians, Terrorist Groups

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