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Palestinian PM's office attacked
Palestinian security personnel have attacked the office of Hamas Prime Minister Esmail Haniyeh.
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- Published: 00:00 June 13, 2006
Palestinian security personnel have attacked the office of Hamas Prime Minister Esmail Haniyeh.
The security men who were loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, were later joined by dozens of gunmen from the Fatah affiliated Al Aqsa Marytrs' Brigade.
During the attack, Hamas MP Khalil Rabei was briefly kidnapped, but later released.
The incident follows a previous attack by Hamas gunmen, on a preventative security installation in Gaza where two people were killed and 14 wounded.
Haniyeh who is the prime minister of the Hamas Islamic militant group has ordered an alert following the rampage.
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