The recent war with Israel in the Gaza Strip apparently reignited the bloody feud between Hamas and Fatah, with human-rights groups calling for a probe into the killing of Palestinians accused of being collaborators with Israel. More:

“Al Jazeera has been shown sworn affidavits, medical records and photographs of alleged victims of reprisals committed against Fatah supporters by security agents or associates of Hamas.


‘I think that the officials from the Hamas deposed government have the responsibility to investigate into these incidents … and bring those who have committed those crimes to justice,’ Randa Siniora of the Independent Commission for Human Rights, said on Sunday.


‘There is a state of vigilantism and chaos, lawlessness in the Gaza Strip right now,’ she said.


‘Extrajudicial killings have increased during the Israeli aggression.’


Separately on Sunday, the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights called for an investigation into the death of a man beaten in the custody of security forces loyal to the Hamas movement.


Jamil Shakoura died in a Gaza hospital after receiving a number wounds to his head while detained, the group said.


He was not believed to be affiliated to any political group and it was not clear why the security forces were investigating him.”

Which begs the question if that was Jamil’s “crime” — not belonging to a political group, namely not pledging loyalty to Hamas.

Here’s the January 2009 report from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.