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Palestinians pray end to factional clashes

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-02-02 22:39

Palestinians pray for the end of the internal Palestinian clashes during Friday prayers at the centre of West Bank city of Ramallah February 2, 2007. Fighting between rival Palestinian factions escalated across the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five people as Hamas seized key security buildings and fired mortar bombs and rockets at President Mahmoud Abbas' offices. [Reuters]