Fatah Member’s Attack and Murder Gaza Policemen Injure Other’s
Four killed in Gaza fighting18 October 2007
Gaza – Ma'an – Four people were killed and dozens injured in a firefight between Gaza City police and members of the Hillis family in the city's Shuja'iyya neighborhood Wednesday night.
The battle began when members of the family threw explosives and fired at the police, immediately killing one officer and injuring two others. In the ensuing fighting, two civilians were killed and 30 people were wounded, including 14 police officers.
Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said that some of the injured were in critical condition, including a woman named Dalia Hillis and a man named Ahmad Abu Ni'ma.
The dead were identified as Yousif Abu Tuha, Husam Hillis, Samir Hilis, Iyad Hillis. Some of the injured were transferred from Ash-Shifa hospital to Al-Quds hospital for surgery.
On Thursday morning, the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees announced that they succeeded in mediating between the police and the Hillis family, reaching an agreement to end the fighting.
The Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip's de facto government said that the fighting in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood was sparked after assailants fired on police who were directing traffic. Interior Ministry officials stressed that there had been no existing animosity between the Hillis family and the police. The attackers, the statement nonetheless made clear, were members of the Hillis family.
Various media reported that the Hillis family is linked to the Fatah movement. Gaza's security forces are controlled by their rivals, Hamas.
The battle began when members of the family threw explosives and fired at the police, immediately killing one officer and injuring two others. In the ensuing fighting, two civilians were killed and 30 people were wounded, including 14 police officers.
Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said that some of the injured were in critical condition, including a woman named Dalia Hillis and a man named Ahmad Abu Ni'ma.
The dead were identified as Yousif Abu Tuha, Husam Hillis, Samir Hilis, Iyad Hillis. Some of the injured were transferred from Ash-Shifa hospital to Al-Quds hospital for surgery.
On Thursday morning, the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees announced that they succeeded in mediating between the police and the Hillis family, reaching an agreement to end the fighting.
The Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip's de facto government said that the fighting in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood was sparked after assailants fired on police who were directing traffic. Interior Ministry officials stressed that there had been no existing animosity between the Hillis family and the police. The attackers, the statement nonetheless made clear, were members of the Hillis family.
Various media reported that the Hillis family is linked to the Fatah movement. Gaza's security forces are controlled by their rivals, Hamas.
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