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Gaza police protest Hamas attacks
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSJERUSALEM (CNN) -- About 20 Palestinian policemen fired guns before entering the parliament building in Gaza City on Monday in a protest against Hamas militants, according to Palestinian security sources. The police were appealing for help at the Palestinian Legislative Council building after a weekend in which police stations were fired on by Hamas militants. On Sunday, a quarrel between the son of a slain Hamas leader and a Palestinian police officer sparked a gun battle at a Gaza City refugee camp, killing three and wounding 25 others, Palestinian security sources said. The police officer and the son of former Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi were apparently standing in line at a cash machine when an argument broke out, the sources said. People at the Shati refugee camp nearby heard about the argument and reacted angrily, attacking the police station inside the camp. There, crowds gathered, including some armed men, and police exchanged fire with the crowd. Three people were killed, including a police officer at that station. In April 2004, Rantisi was killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza shortly after succeeding Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin, the wheelchair-bound leader who died in a similar strike a month earlier. Israel recently completed its withdrawal of troops from Gaza, after removing all of its settlements, ahead of handing over control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority. CNN Producer Shira Medding in Jerusalem contributed to this report. 
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