Hamas gunmen have opened fire on a massive opposition Fatah rally in central Gaza, killing at least six protesters and wounding around another 100, local media report.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a rare meeting on Friday with members of the Islamic group Hamas, four months after Hamas militants defeated his own forces and took over the Gaza Strip.

Israeli officials have begun reducing fuel supplies to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple reports Israel has also closed a key crossing point as part of a package of sanctions Israel says is in response to Palestinian militants firing rockets into southern Israel.

At least six Palestinian gunmen were killed and a dozen wounded in Israeli air strikes and troops clashes in Gaza, Palestinian radio said Friday.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved a plan to cut power supplies to the Gaza Strip in response to cross-border rocket fire by Palestinian militants.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said officials from the Islamist group Hamas were holding meetings with Israel to end the blockade of Gaza and ease access for goods and people.

At least one person is reported to have been killed in the Gaza Strip during clashes between the Hamas-run police and a clan linked to the rival Fatah movement.

Four Palestinians have been killed and more than 30 injured in clashes between the Hamas-controlled security forces and members of a Fatah-affiliated clan in the Gaza Strip, local media said Thursday.

Palestinian student Khaled al-Mudallal arrived home to Gaza on a mission to marry his fiancee Duaa then spirit her back to Britain where he would complete his university degree.

Israeli aircraft delivered an air strike on a group of Palestinian militants in northern Gaza on Monday, injuring several people, the army press service and local radio said.

Israel has sent 29 Palestinian prisoners home to the Gaza Strip, touching off celebrations interrupted by Israeli gunfire at a crowd that surged towards a border crossing to greet the men.

Israeli troops killed two members of the Islamist group Hamas in a night clash in the north of the Gaza Strip, local radio said Monday. The two fighters killed belonged to Hamas' military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.