Unidentified Palestinian gunmen killed a senior Hamas member in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian medics and a security source said, in a further escalation of lawlessness in the coastal territory. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
They said unknown gunmen shot and killed 25-year old Mohammed Tatar, a senior member of Hamas, as he was driving near Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh's office in Gaza city.
Separately on Tuesday masked gunmen in the Khan Younis area of Gaza shot and critically wounded another senior member of Hamas and injured a second Hamas member, witnesses said.
Mounting internal violence in Gaza has been fueled by a power struggle between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Haniyeh over control of security forces. Last week, three gunmen were killed and a dozen people were wounded in violence between Fatah and Hamas. The two groups agreed to set up a joint committee to defuse tensions.
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