Det var nye kraftige sammenstøt mellom Fatah og Hamas i Gaza fredag. I alt 12 mennesker ble drept, blant dem en toåring. 20 personer ble såret.

Gaza hospital officials said a 2-year-old boy was killed when Fatah gunmen fired at a car believed to be carrying Hamas militants in the southern town of Khan Yunis. Hamas and Fatah officials accused each other of firing the deadly shot.

In other fighting, gunmen exchanged fire outside a mosque in Gaza City. Hamas said three members were killed.

A militant of the Fatah-linked Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and two bystanders were also killed in the violence.

Al-Aqsa said it seized 24 Hamas supporters in Gaza and the West Bank and threatened a «severe response» if Hamas gunmen hurt a senior Fatah militant besieged in Gaza.

The fighting coincided with a rally of thousands of Hamas supporters on Friday to mark the Islamist group’s election victory over Fatah opponents last year.

Hamas-Fatah unity gov’t talks off after 12 die in Gaza violence