A number of top representatives of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have been arrested in the Gaza Strip, officials from his Fatah movement say.

Fatah officials Ibrahim Abu Naja and Zakaria Agha were among those detained as a Hamas crackdown following a coastal bombing last week continued.

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Fatah says dozens of its men are being held, but Hamas has not given a number.

Mr Abbas had ordered the release of Hamas members rounded up by West Bank security forces this week, but Hamas officials say no-one has been freed yet.

(BBC)

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