Hamas Cracks Down On Fatah Loyalists In Gaza - Arrest 200

Hamas is on a binge, that's for sure. They have detained more than 200 citizens loyal to Fatah and have tried to lash out at some Fatah leadership after a peculiar explosion in Gaza that killed five of its Hamas members.

Here's some more details from Breitbart:

Hamas security arrested about 200 supporters of the rival Fatah group, hurled grenades at the home of a Fatah leader and set up checkpoints across Gaza on Saturday after a mysterious beachside blast that killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl.
Hamas leaders blamed Fatah for Friday's explosion, and began the toughest crackdown against the rival group in recent months. A Gaza-based human rights group reported Hamas security officials arrested at least 160 Fatah loyalists, and some 40 institutions connected to the group were raided.
Fatah leaders said more than 200 of its people were rounded up, including its top leader in Gaza, Ahmad Nasser.

Now, Fatah is denying any involvement in that explosion and I find the whole incident rather odd. I mean, if it was an Israeli attack, Hamas would be livid and be already conducting strikes against Israel - thus, there has to be substantial evidence that this was a Fatah operation or perhaps an al Qaeda in Gaza operation that has duped Hamas.

Either way, it is always nice to see Hamas and Fatah at each others' throats but as has happened countless times before, I'm sure they will all hug after a week or so and reassert their alliance to destroy Israel. You know, the same old blah, blah, blah.

Now, the hilarious part of all this is that this was a car bombing that killed these Hamas pigs while they were having a picnic - talk about irony! The same warfare they use on innocent Israelis, took out their own.

What I don't understand about this is why Hamas leaders are so quick to point the finger at Fatah - it doesn't look like a Fatah operation and very much resembles the work of al Qaeda. Perhaps Hamas is too chicken to blame al Qaeda for this and feels more comfortable channeling their anger towards Fatah.

Either way, five Hamas piglets are dead and gone and for that, we can celebrate.

Fatah activists detained in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas security arrested about 200 supporters of the rival Fatah group, hurled grenades at the home of a Fatah leader and set up checkpoints across Gaza on Saturday after a mysterious beachside blast that killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl.
Hamas leaders blamed Fatah for Friday's explosion, and began the toughest crackdown against the rival group in recent months. A Gaza-based human rights group reported Hamas security officials arrested at least 160 Fatah loyalists, and some 40 institutions connected to the group were raided.
Fatah leaders said more than 200 of its people were rounded up, including its top leader in Gaza, Ahmad Nasser. The group denied involvement in the blast, and an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the crackdown is reducing prospects for eventual reconciliation.
If Hamas was targeted, it would be the deadliest such attack since the Islamic militants ousted Fatah-allied security forces from Gaza in a violent takeover more than a year ago.
The blast went off underneath a car parked near a crowded Gaza City beach on Friday evening, Hamas officials said. At the time, a group of Hamas activists was picnicking on the beach, Hamas said. The blast shattered the windows of the white sedan and damaged its doors.
Three Hamas members and the girl were killed immediately. Two more Hamas activists died of injuries Saturday and 15 people were wounded, according to a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh convened an emergency government meeting Saturday. In a statement released after the meeting, the government said it had instructed authorities "to find the people who were involved in the horrible crime yesterday."
If convicted, the perpetrators could face the death penalty.
Among the dead were a senior Hamas field commander and Iyad al-Hayeh, a nephew of Hamas lawmaker Khalil al-Hayeh, health officials said. Osama al-Hayeh, a son of the lawmaker, was wounded.
Tensions were palpable on Gaza's streets following the blast.
Thousands of Hamas loyalists marched in the funeral of the explosion's victims, waving their movement's green flag. Gunmen fired automatic rifles into the air and angrily vowed revenge.
"The collaborators who did this must be hung in Palestine Square and shot," al-Hayeh, the lawmaker, said in a eulogy, referring to Gaza City's main square.
"The people who stand behind this (attack) are from Fatah," al-Hayeh said. "We hold their leaders responsible ... and say, either be nationalists or collaborators, the choice is yours."
Al-Hayeh had previously survived two Israeli assassination attempts that killed members of his extended family.
Hamas policemen set up checkpoints on major thoroughfares and roads leading to security compounds, checking suspicious cars and forcing others to slow down.
Dozens of Fatah supporters were rounded up, said Ibrahim Abu Naja, a prominent Fatah leader in Gaza. Abu Naja said Hamas police also raided offices and institutions belonging to Fatah overnight. Abu Naja's own office was raided on Saturday.