Political unrest in Gaza Strip

October 28, 2006

Palestinian policemen deployed in Gaza streets to maintain calm on Saturday after rival factions agreed to work together to ease tension that had soared after the governing Hamas group accused some loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas of plotting a coup. And one of the three Palestinian factions holding an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday it expected a solution to the crisis within days, but Hamas said a deal was not imminent.