GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas on Monday accused the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority of detaining 79 members in the West Bank during March.

Some 32 former prisoners of Israel were among those detained by PA forces, as well as 14 university students, Hamas said in a statement.

Another 50 Hamas affiliates were summoned by PA intelligence services last month, the party added.

The Ramallah-based PA also fired a teacher and a doctor over their affiliation to Hamas, the statement said.

Meanwhile, the PA extended the detention of nine Hamas members despite court orders mandating their release, Hamas said.

Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo in May 2011 and agreed to end political detentions.