Battle of Gaza (2007) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of Gaza was a military conflict between Hamas and Fatah that took place between June 7 and 15, 2007 in the Gaza Strip. After winning Palestinian legislative elections in 2006, Hamas and Fatah formed the Palestinan authority national unity government in 2007, headed by Ismail Haniya. In June 2007 Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip and removed Fatah officials. The ICRC estimated that at least 118 people were killed and more than 550 wounded during the fighting in the week up to June 15. Conflict between Fatah and Hamas had been simmering since Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in January 2006. Upon taking power, Hamas offered Israel a one-year extension of the truce that was in force and announced they would refuse to honor past agreements between the Palestinian government and Israel