Armed Palestinian supporters of the Fata

Jabalia, -: Armed Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement sit watching a protest in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip 22 April 2006, following a speech by the head of Hamas's political bureau in Syria Khaled Mashaal. The Fatah party accused Hamas today of courting civil war, as relations between the moderate Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and the government hit crisis point less than a month after the radical Islamists took power. The war of words spilled over into violence later in the day, when some 15 people were wounded as student supporters of the two factions hurled stones at each other in Gaza City. AFP PHOTO/Samuel ARANDA (Photo credit should read SAMUEL ARANDA/AFP via Getty Images)