Palestinian PM unhurt after attack on Convoy  
'Pakistan Times' Foreign Desk

GAZA: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on security vehicles escorting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's convoy through Gaza on Friday, but the Hamas leaderwas unhurt, officials from the Islamist movement said.

Officials in Haniyeh's office said the attack did not appear to be an assassination attempt, but it comes at a time ofgrowing tensions between rival Palestinian factions that havestirred fears of civil war.

"The prime minister is alright and he is out of the area which witnessed the gunfire. His car was not attacked," one official in Haniyeh's office told media.

Officials said gunfire hit vehicles of a Hamas-led policeforce that was behind cars carrying Haniyeh, who had justfinished a speech at a mosque, where he said he would reject anymoves by President Mahmoud Abbas to oust his government.

It was unclear who was behind the attack and Hamas did not blame any faction. ●