Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the release of around 200 Hamas members arrested in the West Bank.
The move comes after Hamas released a number of Fatah captives in the Gaza strip. Tensions have flared between the rival Palestinian factions since an explosion last week killed five Hamas militants and a girl. Gaza's Islamist administration blamed the secular faction of President Abbas for the attack, and began a series of Egypt to facilitate Hamas-Fatah talks: Abbas ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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