's relief , and I put my small video camera on the floor and pressed the button to record the constant roar of machine gun fire , which went on for more than half an hour . Earlier in the day , Joe and I were on a street corner videotaping Hamas militiamen when a jeep full of Fatah irregulars opened fire , just down the street from an elementary school . As guns blazed , schoolchildren ran for cover . I watched as shopkeeper Khadar Aliyan slammed shut the doors of his grocery store , the expression on his face one of fear and utter exasperation . `` I 'm going home , '' he told me . `` I 'm afraid . We 're done for . It 's never been this bad . '' It was violence like this , which we witnessed on December 2006 , that reached a climax in the second week of June 2007 . When it ended on June 14 , 2007 , with Hamas roundly defeating Fatah , Gaza went quiet . And quiet -- relative quiet , that is -- has been Hamas ' biggest accomplishment since . No longer
Editor 's note : Saturday marks one year since Hamas ' defeat of Fatah in the fierce struggle for control of Gaza . CNN correspondent Ben Wedeman has been covering the region for over 15 years . He reports from Gaza on daily life and reality over the past year in this fractious land . CNN 's Ben Wedeman reports on the past year in Gaza , where people are safer but out of food , gas , and patience . GAZA CITY , Gaza -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` If you take pictures , I 'll kill you ! I 'll kill you ! '' screamed a masked Fatah gunman , pointing his AK-47 assault rifle at my cameraman , Joe Duran . `` Calm down ! Calm down ! '' I shouted back at him , turning to Joe to tell him to put the camera down . Joe and I had ducked into a fruit and vegetable shop in Gaza City . We had been covering the funeral of a Fatah gunman killed in a clash with Hamas rivals when our third gunbattle of the day had broken out . The gunman left , much to everyone