GAZA (Reuters) - The formation of a Palestinian unity government faced a last-minute hitch on Monday, jeopardising a long-awaited reconciliation deal between President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamist group Hamas.
Abbas was due to swear in the new administration later in the day in a ceremony that Palestinians hoped would mark the end of years of quarrelling between Hamas, which governs Gaza, and secular nationalist parties that hold sway in the West Bank.
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