An Egyptian-brokered truce ended within hours early Monday when shooting resumed between rival Hamas and Fatah militias, leaving two gunmen dead and 10 others wounded, Palestinian security sources said.
According to the sources, the gunbattle broke out near the Fatah intelligence headquarters in northern Gaza City. The dead were the bodyguards of a local Fatah leader.
In protest of the ongoing violence in Gaza, Palestinian Interior Minister Hani al-Qawasmi resigned Monday, According to the Interior Minister assistant, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh accepted al-Qawasmi's resignation.