Google News - A member of the Palestinian security services has been killed in Gaza during clashes with forces loyal to the Hamas-led government. Mohammed Shahadeh was shot dead at the door to his home near the Buraij refugee camp early on Sunday after protests by Palestinian security personnel over unpaid salaries turned violent.
Camp residents said Fatah faction members set fire to several cars belonging to rival Hamas members during the clashes.
Shahadeh served in the Preventive Security Service, loyal to Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah movement, which blamed Hamas for the killing and ordered its forces across the Gaza Strip to go on alert.
The fighting occurred as Abbas brought a security commander out of retirement in an attempt to prevent Hamas from building up its forces in the West Bank.
Ismail Jaber had previously been accused of corruption, but is widely respected by fighters in the Fatah movement and is seen as one of the few people who can unify their forces.
Hamas forces
Most of the security forces are loyal to Abbas, but since winning elections earlier this year, Hamas has formed its own security force of 6,000 men and deployed it throughout the Gaza Strip.




Jaber's appointment came one day after Mahmoud Zahar, the Palestinian foreign minister and a senior Hamas leader, said the group was planning to increase the size of its force in Fatah's West Bank stronghold. A Hamas official said they planned to recruit about 1,500 members.
Other officials from the ruling party said that Iran has promised to help train their security forces.
Abbas has handed command of all the West Bank security forces to Jaber, except for three branches that fall under the control of the Hamas-run interior ministry.
Jaber also has influence over parts of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is linked to Fatah.