The schism between Abbas and Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza exploded in a bloody set of battles that saw Hamas violently wrest full control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, allegedly after the Bush administration tried to foment an anti-Hamas putsch in the territory.

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The schism between Abbas and Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza exploded in a bloody set of battles that saw Hamas violently wrest full control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, allegedly after the Bush administration tried to foment an anti-Hamas putsch in the territory.

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The 2006 Gaza strip takeover by Hamas led to a de facto division of the Palestinian territories, with the Gaza Strip under Hamas control and the West Bank under the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/24/gaza-election-hamas-2006-palestine-israel/

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The 2006 Gaza strip takeover by Hamas led to a de facto division of the Palestinian territories, with the Gaza Strip under Hamas control and the West Bank under the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority

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