RAMALLAH, July 13 (JMCC) - For the first time, clashes broke out in
Gaza Strip Tuesday between the international Hezbe Tahrir movement and Gaza police, reports the AP.
Hamas police in Gaza clashed with demonstrators from a hardline Islamist group.
The Hizb ut-Tahrir movement, which advocates a world run according to Islamic law, wanted to demonstrate in Gaza City but were refused permission. Several dozen backers defied the ban and threw rocks at police, who fired in the air, wounding a bystander, hospital officials and Hamas said.
Hizb ut-Tahrir said dozens of its backers were arrested. It was the first known clash between the Islamic rulers of Gaza and the worldwide Hizb ut-Tahrir movement.
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