JERUSALEM, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Over 150 members of the
pro-Fatah movement Helles clan fled the Gaza Strip on Saturday and entered
Israel after a day of clashes with the ruling Hamas faction, localdaily Ha'aretz
reported on its website.
Israeli officials said that in a humanitarian move,
the Helles clan members were allowed through the Erez and Nahal Oz border
crossings between Gaza and Israel, some of them wounded, and some carrying guns,
while Hamas gunmen followed and fired at them.
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Israeli soldiers examine members of the
pro-Fatah movement Helles clan in the Nahal Oz border crossing between
Gaza and Israel August 2, 2008. Over 150 Helles clan members were allowed
into Israel through the Erez and Nahal Oz border crossings who fled the
Gaza Strip after a day of clashes with the ruling Hamas faction on
Saturday.(Xinhua Photo/Rafael Ben-Ari)
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Clan
leader and senior Fatah official Ahmed Helles, who had been wounded in the
violence, was among those who had reached Israel, said the report.
Earlier Saturday, Hamas security forces and members
of the Helles clan exchanged mortar shell and machine gun fire in the most
violent round yet of Hamas' weeklong crackdown on political rival Fatah.
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza city said that
four Palestinians, including three Hamas policemen and a little boy, were killed
and around 80 others injured in the clash.
Hamas claims that senior Helles clan member Abu Ramzi
Helles was behind last week's explosion near a beach outside Gaza City.
On July 25, five Hamas militants and a little girl
were killed in a bombing attack on a car near Gaza city beach. Hamas accused
rival Fatah of being behind the attack and cracked down on the movement and its
charities.
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An Israeli soldier examines members of
the pro-Fatah movement Helles clan in the Nahal Oz border crossing between
Gaza and Israel August 2, 2008. Over 150 Helles clan members were allowed
into Israel through the Erez and Nahal Oz border crossings who fled the
Gaza Strip after a day of clashes with the ruling Hamas faction on
Saturday. (Xinhua Photo/Rafael Ben-Ari)
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