Factions of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Friday called on the Palestinians to go for a general strike on Sunday to protest Hamas' use of violence to disperse prayers in Gaza.
Earlier in the day, about 30 Palestinians, including five local cameramen, were wounded in clash with Hamas executive force in several regions of the Gaza Strip after the weekly Friday prayers.
The official Palestinian television based in Ramallah showed images of Hamas executive force members severely beating Fatah supporters, and detaining them by force from the streets.
The forces also detained senior PLO and Fatah movement's leaders as they tried to pray in a public square in western Gaza City together with hundreds of supporters.
They were freed after being held for five hours into one of the executive force detention centers.
President Mahmoud Abbas told a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah that "after what happened in Gaza, there will be no dialogue with the coup leaders."
He conditioned the renewal of the dialogue with Hamas movement, saying "there will be no dialogue until Hamas leaders regret their coup in Gaza and retreat what they did."
Hamas, listed by Europe and the United States as a terrorist organization, took over the Gaza Strip in mid June after its militants defeated Abbas' security forces and his Fatah movement's militants.
"Gaza has plunged into a very dark and tragic situation. I promise that it won't continue like this, they (Hamas leaders and the executive forces) had dug their graves by their own hands," Abbas told reporters.
Source: Xinhua
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