Heavy fighting has continued throughout the day in Gaza after militants of the Palestinian group Hamas attacked posts held by their Fatah faction rivals.
Hundreds of Hamas fighters had moved on the positions after giving their occupants two hours to leave.
Fatah leaders say they will no longer participate in the three-month-old unity government they formed with Hamas unless the fighting ends.
At least 34 people have been killed in Gaza over the past two days.
They have killed all hope. They have killed the future
Lt Col Burhan Hamad,
Egyptian mediator
In pictures: Gaza attacks
The residences of both Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah's leader and the Palestinian Authority president, and of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, of Hamas, have been targeted with gun and shell fire.
Witnesses said it was the worst fighting they had experienced in Gaza during 18 months of internal strife.
Source: BBC
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