[DPA/Cellular-News] Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri denied on Saturday reports that his organization had tapped the mobile phones of top Palestinian Authority officials using Iranian technology. Al-Hayyat newspaper, a London-based Arab daily, quoted a Palestinian security official as saying that Hamas obtained the tapping equipment from Iran before the Islamic movement took control of Gaza in June. He said Hamas used the equipment to eavesdrop on the calls of Fatah members in Gaza. A few weeks ago, a member of the government that Abbas formed after dismissing the Hamas-led coalition said his mobile was being monitored by Hamas.
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