At least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City,
The incident occurred in one of the most violent internal confrontations since the end of major Israeli operations in the enclave.
According to witnesses, masked Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with clan fighters near the city’s Jordanian hospital,
A senior official in the Hamas-run interior ministry said security units surrounded them and engaged in heavy fighting to detain them.
The ministry said eight of its members were killed in an armed assault by a militia
Medical sources said 19 Dughmush clan members and eight Hamas fighters had been killed since fighting began on Saturday.
Reports revealed that clashes erupted in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in southern Gaza City after a Hamas force of more than 300 fighters moved to storm a residential block where Dughmush gunmen were entrenched.
News edited by Favour Owonibi