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Article: By Sarah El Deeb Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza [Derived headline]
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- Burlington County Times
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- May 24, 2007
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By Sarah El Deeb
Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Hani-yeh of Hamas made a new push yesterday to restore a cease-fire with Israel that had collapsed under a barrage of Hamas rocket fire.
The two leaders met for the first time since Hamas-Fatah fighting broke out two weeks ago and killed more than 50 Palestinians. The two sides reached a truce over the weekend, but tensions remain high because the key dispute over the security forces remains unresolved.
In a challenge to that shaky internal truce, gunmen opened fire from a passing car late yesterday on the Gaza City home of a prominent Fatah official in Gaza, ...