In the Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians attended a funeral Tuesday for three sons of a senior intelligence official linked to President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement. The boys were killed as they made their way to school on Monday. The incident has renewed fears of all-out civil war between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas. The boys’ father, Colonel Baha Balousha, appealed for national unity.

Colonel Baha Balousha: “The message that we are sending is that these children are part of the Palestinian society, they are a part of the Palestinian national cause. If they don’t chase the killers and come back to find a shared security program between the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian Authority, then there will be no state nor calm in Palestine.”

The violence continues in Gaza today. Earlier today, a prominent judge linked to Hamas was killed in the town of Khan Younis.