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Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks, sources say, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell | Reuters  CAIRO — Hamas is seeking to incorporate its 10,000 police officers into a new U.S.-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, sources say, a demand likely to be opposed by Israel as the militant group debates whether to surrender its arms. READ MORE . . .

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