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Smokes billow up after clashes between Hamas and a radical Islamist sect, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2009. At least 24 people were killed and 130 wounded after Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque wh...

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Smokes billow up after clashes between Hamas and a radical Islamist sect, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2009. At least 24 people were killed and 130 wounded after Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque when radical sheikh Abdul Latif Musa of Jund Ansar Allah (Soldiers of the Partisans of God) declared an Islamic emirate in the Palestinian enclave, medics said. Photo By Abed Rahim Khatib

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Abed Rahim Khatib
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© APA Images / Abed Rahim Khatib
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APA-PH-2009-008941
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Gaza Strip Rafah Palestine Rafah Governorate

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Politics Culture & Society Hamas Clashes Conflict & Security Casualties Religion & Worship Funerals & Mourning Houthis

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rafah gaza strip palestinian radical islamist jund ansar allah mosque hamas forces exchange abdul latif musa security clashes killed god mourners funeral pray bodies smokes

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