Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Saturday arrested three leaders from the rival Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah officials said. The arrests could cloud a new round of Egyptian-brokered unity talks set to begin on April 1 aimed at reconciling the rival factions. Among those held was Abdel-Rahman Hamad, a former minister in the Palestinian Authority, who had been meeting fellow Fatah members in the city of Gaza, Fatah officials said. The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip said the Fatah men were detained for questioning after holding an "illegal factional meeting".
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