(Xinhua) -- Palestinian security forces detained six members of Islamic Hamas movement in West Bank on Wednesday night, the Islamic movement said on Thursday. In Salfeet town, the security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah movement arrested two members of a municipal council and a third Hamas local leader, Hamas said in a statement faxed to the press.
Two other Hamas members were arrested in Qalqilya and a thirdone in Tubas after being summoned to the police station. Pro-Abbas forces has been cleaning up on Hamas men in West Bank since last June in response to Hamas' takeover of Gaza Strip by force. Fatah also accuses Hamas of cracking down on its supporters in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. |