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The Fatah Hawks are a Palestinian militant group, an offshoot of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade which has links to the dominant Fatah Movement. The group has carried out guerrilla attacks against Israeli military personel in the Gaza Strip.

They first appeared in public by claiming joint responsibility with Hamas for an attack on an the Rafah border crossing on the Israeli military-controlled Egyptian border crossing with Gaza near Rafah on December 12, 2004, which resulted in 5 Israeli soldiers being killed and ten others wounded. (see Al-Aqsa Intifada)

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