WRAP Nine wounded in Hamas-Fatah clashes, Hanniyeh calls for restrain

Описание: (9 May 2006)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP
1. Armed Fatah militants arriving at house of top Fatah leader Samir Masharawi
2. Masked Fatah gunman
3. Hamas car with bullet holes
4. Pan of bullet holes in car windscreen
5. Wide of vehicles at scene
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Samir Mashrawi, senior Fatah official in Gaza
"We have agreed with the follow up committee with the presence of all factions to calm the situation and the dialogue will be a way to solve our problems and we must not use violence we must obey the laws and orders, all parties must be committed to the law but we were surprised last night that a member of Fatah was kidnapped by Hamas."
7. Crowds and Fatah gunmen in the street
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Mashrawi, senior Fatah official in Gaza
"It''s obvious that there are no more red lines, no respect for leadership, no respect for factions, no morals and this is a dangerous area among the Palestinians."
9. Various of armed Fatah gunmen
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP
10. Various of student rally in Gaza on their way to hear Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh speak
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
"The Quartet today must take the right decisions and stop the policy of enforcing conditions and pressures ordered by the United States on this world. We are a free and generous people, and we were born free."
12. Cutaway of flag
13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
"I want to affirm the necessity of self control and put an end to all the phenomena of weapons in the Palestinians streets and only use the language of dialogue"
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
14. Exterior of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas'' headquarters in Ramallah
15. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
"These are grave events, and we have given instructions to the security forces to stop everybody who tries to carry out such acts. We are very sorry to hear that there are some parties that are inciting and trying to cause chaos which leads to such clashes. Our main purpose is the safety of the homeland and its citizens "
16. Officials walking down hallway
17. Abbas with Juergen Ruttgers, president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
18. Abbas sitting in meeting with Ruttgers
19. Abbas and Ruttgers
20. Wide of Abbas and Ruttgers
21. Exterior of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas'' headquarters in Ramallah
STORYLINE:
Renewed clashes between Hamas and and Fatah militants wounded nine Palestinians -including five schoolchildren - on Tuesday, raising fears that the Palestinian territories, already seething over crippling Western and Israeli economic sanctions, could descend into a much wider conflagration.
Friction between the two sides has been heating up since the Islamic militant Hamas ended Fatah''s four-decade control of Palestinian politics with a landslide victory in January''s parliamentary elections.
Tuesday''s fighting came just hours before international mediators were to meet in New York to discuss whether to ease the financial siege on Hamas over its violent anti-Israel ideology.
The rival factions offered conflicting versions of what set off the predawn violence in downtown Gaza City, which came just a day after three people were killed in fighting between the two sides.
Fatah said Hamas gunmen opened fire from a white Subaru car at seven bodyguards protecting a house where a top Fatah activist in Gaza, Samir Masharawi, was staying.
The bodyguards riddled the vehicle with gunfire, shooting out its tires. Fatah said at least one Hamas gunman was wounded.

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