Pastor Jack McKee, who has tried to mediate in the feud between the Ulster Volunteer Force and Ulster Defence Association on the Shankill Road, said there was growing concern over the killings since the weekend in north Belfast.

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At the same time, Egypt has tried to mediate between Fatah and Hamas, and the tensions between those two groups have spilled over to gun battles and Egypt has tried to mediate, and Egypt has also been providing quite a lot of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.

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