MASKED gunmen killed a senior Fatah militant in a Gaza Strip refugee camp today in what appeared to be another deadly episode of an increasingly violent power struggle with the governing Hamas movement.Fatah blamed Hamas for the attack that killed Mohammed Shahadeh, commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the Bureij camp, and ordered its forces across the Gaza Strip to go on alert, Fatah officials said. There was no immediate comment from Hamas.
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Masked gunmen shot Shahadeh, who also served in the Preventive Security service loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, at the door to his home, residents and Fatah officials said. Residents said Fatah militants then torched several cars belonging to Hamas members.