Fatah–Hamas conflict
| Fatah–Hamas conflict | |||||||
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| Part of Palestinian internal political violence | |||||||
Map of the Gaza Strip | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ismail Haniyeh Khaled Mashal Mohammed Deif Yahya Sinwar Mohammed Sinwar |
Mahmoud Abbas Mohammed Dahlan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Al-Qassam Brigades: 15,000 Executive Police Force: 6,000 |
National Security: 30,000 Palestinian Preventive Security: 30,000 General Intelligence: 5,000 Presidential Guard: 4,200 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades: Several thousand | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 83 killed | 165 killed | ||||||
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98 civilians killed 1,000+ wounded on both sides Total: 350 to over 600 killed | |||||||
The Fatah–Hamas conflict (Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized: an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian political parties in the Palestinian territories, leading to the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. The reconciliation process and unification of Hamas and Fatah administrations remains unfinalized and the situation is deemed a frozen conflict.
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights has found that over 600 Palestinians were killed in the fighting from January 2006 to May 2007. Dozens more were killed or executed in the following years as part of the conflict.