Hamas confiscates Fatah’s rockets in Gaza

Hamas arrests Aqsa Martyrs Brigade activists in Gaza and took possession of at least a 100 rockets and other assorted weaponry.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

 

Hamas has confiscated rockets and other types of weaponry belonging to Fatah’s armed wing, Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian sources revealed Sunday.

Palestinian gunmen from Al-Aqsa brigades of Fatah

Palestinian gunmen from Al-Aqsa brigades of Fatah – Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

The sources told the Fatah-affiliated Palestine Press News Agency that Hamas confiscated 100 rockets and 500 “combat units” when Fatah tried to move them from one location to another in the Gaza Strip.

The sources did not explain what they meant by “combat units.”

Hamas security agents arrested four Fatah activists who were caught transferring the weapons, the sources said.

According to the sources, members of the Islamic Jihad organization intervened to act as mediators between Hamas and Fatah following the confiscation of the weapons and the arrest of the four activists.

Hamas security authorities on Sunday summoned for interrogation three Fatah leaders from the northern Gaza Strip.

It was not clear whether the three had any connection to the seized weapons.

The three were identified as Ramzi Hawileh, Mohamed al-Musa and Abed Abu Rukba

 

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