Palestinian Men Dragged From Homes, Executed

Hamas Fighters Seize Control Of Fatah Security Installation

POSTED: 5:09 am PDT June 14, 2007
UPDATED: 10:02 am PDT June 14, 2007

Hamas militants at the desk of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after storming Mr Abbas' personal office.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas fighters overran two of the rival Fatah movement's most important security command centers in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, and witnesses said the victors dragged vanquished gunmen into the street and shot them to death execution-style.

Hamas also seized control of Rafah in the south, Gaza's third-largest city, according to witnesses and security officials. It was the second main Gaza city to fall to the militants, who captured nearby Khan Younis on Wednesday, and gave Hamas control of the porous border with Egypt, which has been the source of arms smuggling.

Hamas captured the Preventive Security headquarters and the intelligence services building in Gaza City, major advances in the Islamic group's attempts to take over Gaza. Hamas also demanded that Fatah surrender its last big security installation in the city.

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-Jim