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| Hamas 'releases Fatah official' | Hamas 'releases Fatah official' |
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| Hamas says it has released the top representative of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party in the Gaza Strip. | Hamas says it has released the top representative of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party in the Gaza Strip. |
| Zakaria Agha was held for four days after being seized by Hamas gunmen. | Zakaria Agha was held for four days after being seized by Hamas gunmen. |
| He was detained as part of a wave of arrests of Fatah supporters after a beachside bombing killed five Hamas militants and a young girl. | He was detained as part of a wave of arrests of Fatah supporters after a beachside bombing killed five Hamas militants and a young girl. |
| Fatah denied involvement in the attack and carried out its own series of arrests in the West Bank. | Fatah denied involvement in the attack and carried out its own series of arrests in the West Bank. |
| "We have released Zakaria Agha as a sign of goodwill and in response to Arab and Palestinian efforts," Hamas spokesman Taher Nunu told the AFP news agency. | "We have released Zakaria Agha as a sign of goodwill and in response to Arab and Palestinian efforts," Hamas spokesman Taher Nunu told the AFP news agency. |
| Mr Agha and fellow senior Fatah official Ibrahim Abu Naja were among those arrested in the Hamas crackdown following the coastal bombing. | Mr Agha and fellow senior Fatah official Ibrahim Abu Naja were among those arrested in the Hamas crackdown following the coastal bombing. |
| Tensions flared | Tensions flared |
| Both men had been appointed by Mr Abbas to run Fatah in Gaza after Hamas took control in Gaza in June 2007. | Both men had been appointed by Mr Abbas to run Fatah in Gaza after Hamas took control in Gaza in June 2007. |
| Mr Abu Naja and other Fatah officials are believed still to be in custody. | Mr Abu Naja and other Fatah officials are believed still to be in custody. |
| Violence erupted over the weekend when Hamas fighters clashed with a pro-Fatah clan in Gaza City. | Violence erupted over the weekend when Hamas fighters clashed with a pro-Fatah clan in Gaza City. |
| Fatah supporters were held by Israel after fleeing from Gaza | |
| Nearly a dozen people were killed and scores wounded in the worst internal feuding since the militant Hamas faction gained power in Gaza. | Nearly a dozen people were killed and scores wounded in the worst internal feuding since the militant Hamas faction gained power in Gaza. |
| In the wake of the fighting about 200 Fatah men fled from Gaza into Israel. About 35 were returned to Gaza, where some were detained by Hamas. | |
| Mr Abbas had requested the men be returned to Gaza, to keep a Fatah presence there. | |
| However, the Israeli army later halted the transfer of the men after learning of their arrests and receiving information that "their lives were in danger". | |
| Instead, about 150 were sent to the West Bank, controlled by the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority. |