SO MUCH FOR THAT: “Palestinian gunmen waged a street battle outside the residence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas around dawn Monday, dashing hopes that an overnight truce would bring quiet to the Gaza Strip. Elsewhere, the bullet-riddled body of a top security officer affiliated with Fatah, Col. Adnan Rahmi, was discovered in northern Gaza several hours after he disappeared, Palestinian medical officials and his family said. No group took responsibility, but Rahmi’s family blamed Hamas for the killing.” Apparently, the Palestinian leadership isn’t any better at keeping cease-fires with other Palestinian groups than it is at keeping cease fires with the Israelis.

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