We’re in our new digs out of Abbas’ compound just in time. We’re on the 14th floor rooftop of an apartment block not far from the Palestinian parliament with a great view of the city all around. Welcome to “Hamastan” as the Israelis have apparently taken to calling Gaza.
Preventative Security soldier surrendering at Tel al Hawa in images from Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV station.
Gunfire is ringing out all around. There was just a huge explosion a few blocks away. A police headquarters next door to the parliament and the National Security Forces HQ was blown up and all that remained from what we could see was a giant dust cloud. A small caravan of two jeeps, a gun mounted pickup truck and an APC, apparently belonging to Fatah, retreated up the street firing back toward the site of the explosion.
Hamas displays the spoils of war from the captured preventative security headquarters, proof, it says of Israeli and American collusion with Fatah.
To the north we can see smoke rising from Sudaniya, the site of the General Intelligence headquarters. To the south, Tel al Hawa, which Hamas militants have taken and apparently renamed “Tel al Islam” is similarly smoking. Al Jazeera is replaying images of Hamas fighters inside the Preventative Security headquarters at Tel al Hawa. They’re displaying Israeli license plates, bullet proof vests, and weapons, proof, the gunmen say, that Israel and America has been arming Fatah.
From a special forces officers we interviewed in Abbas’ compound minutes before we fled, we heard brutal reports of Hamas executing surrendering security officers in the streets. We just spoke with the owner of the flat we just left beside Abbas’ compound and he sounds petrified. There is heavy fighting all around him. AP reports RPGs have already started hitting the presidential compound.
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1 c.sydow // Jun 14, 2007 at 1:40 pm
I just wanted to let u know that i really much appreciate this blog. It is essential reading to get an insight into the situation in the Gaza Strip these days. I miss that in the German media.
Take Care and keep up the good work.
2 englishman // Jun 14, 2007 at 2:06 pm
that first still image is chilling. i presume its of fatah prisoners being led off to execution?
3 SP // Jun 14, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Wasn’t it pretty much established over the past year that the US was channelling funds and military training to Fatah? I didn’t realise it was some sort of secret or conspiracy theory.
4 Charles Levinson // Jun 14, 2007 at 2:49 pm
SP — of course. i meant to comment sarcastically on that too. I guess the Hamas militants weren’t tuned into CSPAN for Dayton’s May 23 testimony in congress.
Englishman — i don’t know that they were necessarily being led off to execution. There were reports of some on the spot executions, but no way of knowing if these were the guys or not.
5 Mahmud // Jun 14, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Any word on if Dahlan is still in the Gaza strip or has he fled to more hospitable places?
6 englishman // Jun 14, 2007 at 2:59 pm
and it was also well reported that Israel and the US allowed arms shipments via Egypt to Fatah.
NY Times last December:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/world/middleeast/28cnd-mideast.html?ex=1324962000&en=06112b97f1b79993&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
trouble is , those arms are probably now in the hands of Hamas.
7 lisoosh // Jun 14, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Found this blog a couple of days ago and am enjoying your dispassionate recounting of events. Keep it up and keep safe.
8 The creation of Hamastan? « MENA Blog // Jun 15, 2007 at 6:21 pm
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