An explosion ripped through a Hamas member's car in southern Gaza city early Saturday in the first internal violence targeting the Islamic movement since its takeover of the enclave in June, Hamas sources said.
The blast completely damaged the vehicle which was parked in front of the owner's house, said the sources, without disclosing the identity of the Hamas member.
The sources accused "anonymous persons" of putting the bomb beneath the car and setting it off at predawn.
The incident took place following a day of clashes between Hamas police force and supporters of rival Fatah movement whom Hamas drove from power in mid June.
Supporters of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement started to pray weekly Friday prayers outside mosques in Gaza, as a protest against Hamas.
The Interior Ministry of the deposed Hamas-led coalition administration, which endeavors to impose law and order in the enclave, said it is considering to ban outdoor "political prayers and gatherings that Fatah hold in public places."
The prayers and the ensuing rallies were aiming at "placing back the anarchy and chaos upon an order from the Fatah-influenced Ramallah government," said the ministry.
Since Hamas overran Abbas' Fatah militants and seized control of the Gaza Strip in mid-June, the coastal enclave has been facing a deeper humanitarian crisis and becoming more isolated from the world after all crossings and passages were shut down by Israel for more than two months.
Source: Xinhua
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