From Salon:
The power struggle -- which a "government of national unity" under Hamas' prime
minister, Ismail Haniyeh, was meant to avert -- erupted with unprecedented
violence. Early in the week, Hamas militias abducted a cook from Abbas'
presidential guard and hurled him from the roof of a 15-story building. They
stormed the apartments of Fatah members with hand grenades and automatic
weapons, mowing down everyone in their path, including old women and small
children. More than 100 people were killed and 200 were wounded in the fighting.
There are a plethora of ostensibly mitigating circumstances to Hamas' belligerence, but ethics are universal, and this is haram.
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