Clashes broke out in Gaza between Hamas and Jaysh Al-Islam (which took part in the abduction of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit) following the arrest by Hamas of several Jaysh Al-Islam members on suspicion of involvement in the bombing of the YMCA library in Gaza.
During the clashes, Jaysh Al-Islam fighters shot at the house of senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar, and abducted Hamas members for the purpose of exchanging them with detainees.
Source: Al-Ayyam, Palestinian Authority, February 22, 2008.











