GAZA CITY - A senior Hamas official has warned that his Islamic militant group could overrun the West Bank, just as it took over Gaza.
The official, Sami Abu Zuhri, spoke as tensions between the two groups remained high.
After a bombing that killed five Hamas members in Gaza, a Hamas sweep through a Fatah stronghold ended with 11 dead and dozens wounded, most of them from Fatah.
Abu Zuhri says that Fatah should expect "an uprising" against them if they continue a crackdown against Hamas there.
A West Bank Fatah official responded that Hamas was issuing empty threats.
Hamas overran Gaza last year. Fatah, headed by moderate President Mahmoud Abbas, controls the West Bank.
