At least 24 people have died in factional clashes since last Friday, and today the police imposed a nighttime curfew there.

There were very few controversies and factional clashes in the SKH.

In the first half of May, fierce factional clashes left about 50 dead in Gaza.

Nearly 500 people have been reported killed since the factional clashes broke out in mid-March.

By one widely accepted estimate, 4,000 people have died in the factional clashes there in the last four years.

The split triggered spat of violence and factional clash between the factions.

"Many were killed," he said of the factional clashes.

But the new cease-fire appeared to be taking hold, despite factional clashes before noon.

Many cadres of both factions lost their lives in factional clashes.

Most factional clashes have involved followers of Inkatha and the Congress or its allies.