Thursday, June 14, 2007


A Hamas fighter takes up position inside the Preventive Security headquarters after it was captured in the southern Gaza Strip June 14, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)


A Palestinian man embraces militants from Hamas as they celebrate the capture of the preventive security headquarters from Fatah loyalist security forces in Gaza City, Thursday, June 14, 2007. Hamas fighters overran one of the rival Fatah movement's most important security installations in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The capture of the Preventive Security headquarters was a major step forward in Hamas' attempts to complete its takeover of all of Gaza.(AP)


A Hamas fighter places his faction's flag on top of the intelligence headquarters belonging to Fatah, after they captured it, in Gaza June 14, 2007. Hamas fighters on Thursday captured the Preventive Security headquarters in Gaza City, one of the last bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamists declared the "liberation" of the Gaza Strip. Hamas also captured the intelligence base and continued to pound Abbas' presidential compound in Gaza City and another Fatah stronghold with mortars, though both remained under Fatah control. REUTERS


A Palestinian steps on a picture of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as a sign of disrespect, at the Palestinian Intelligence headquarters in Gaza City, after Hamas fighters took them over from Fatah-loyal security services,Thursday June 14, 2007. Hamas fighters overran one of the rival Fatah movement's most important security installations in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The capture of the Preventive Security headquarters was a major step forward in Hamas' attempts to complete its takeover of all of Gaza. (AP)


Palestinians run in the direction of the Preventive Security headquarters after it was blown up by Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza Strip June 14, 2007. Hamas fighters on Thursday captured one of the last bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamists declared the "liberation" of the Gaza Strip. REUTERS

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