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JERUSALEM — Tensions between the main rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah, spread from Gaza to the West Bank on Monday with reports of the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority security forces detaining more than 50 activists and academics associated with Hamas.
The timing of the detentions smacked of retaliation for a Hamas sweep against Fatah members and institutions in Gaza over the weekend. The Hamas campaign followed a bomb attack late Friday that killed five Hamas militants and a young girl at the Gaza beachfront.
