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Hamas and Fatah step up Gaza power struggle amid renewed violence
By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies
The power struggle between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip intensified Saturday, with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas describing the paramilitary forces of Hamas as "illegal," only for the group to announce plans to increase the size of its force to 12,000.
Islam Shihuan, spokesman for the Hamas Executive Force, said Saturday that the force would be doubled and that "conscription has begun and we are calling on every loyal citizen to prepare himself to join the force." The Executive Force is independent of the more veteran Hamas military wing, Iz al-Din al-Qassam.
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