GAZA (Reuters) - A last-minute hitch in the formation of a Palestinian unity government was resolved on Monday, a Hamas official said, and President Mahmoud Abbas prepared to swear in the new ministers.
Hamas had announced that it would not support the new administration because of a decision by Abbas to scrap the Ministry for Prisoner Affairs and replace it with a committee that would have fallen outside the control of the cabinet.
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