JERUSALEM, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Monday it would transport to the occupied West Bank dozens of pro-Fatah Palestinians who fled the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after clashes with the Islamist group.

Israel's decision to move the men to the West Bank city of Ramallah where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds sway, came a day after Hamas said it detained some 30 members of the pro-Fatah Helles clan who Israel sent back to Gaza on Sunday.

About 180 Fatah supporters were granted refuge in Israel on Saturday after 11 Palestinians were killed and more than 90 were wounded during a Hamas assault on their Gaza City neighbourhood.

The fighting in Gaza, part of a crackdown by Hamas after a July 25 bombing that killed five of its armed members and a girl, was the bloodiest since the group routed its secular rivals and took over the coastal enclave more than a year ago. (Reporting by Avida Landau, Editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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