Gunmen reportedly find explosive device outside home of senior Hamas military man in Khan Yunis.
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The Hamas military wing reported on Tuesday that its men had successfully foiled an attack targeting senior Hamas commander in Khan Yunis, Amjad Abu Naja.
According to Hamas, Fatah men planted an explosive device outside Naja's home early Tuesday morning and shot at the house. Hamas gunmen pursued the assassins, scaring them away, the terror group said.
"They are only igniting the inter-Palestinian conflict and are deliberately hindering efforts to end this conflict by cowardly assassination attempts," Hamas said in a statement.
According to the statement, the explosive device, which was designed to be detonated using a cellular phone, was found by Hamas men scanning the area.
Hamas assessed that the Fatah men planned to activate the device when Naja left the house for the morning prayers.
"While Hamas is fully prepared to renew the dialogue and achieve Palestinian reconciliation, the bats of darkness connected to the Zionists are rejecting the idea," the statement read.
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