GAZA, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday night accused rival Hamas movement's police forces of confiscating materials that Fatah plans to use in a rally in Gaza on Monday.

    A Fatah spokesman in Gaza said in a statement that Hamas police stormed the movement's headquarters in Gaza City and confiscated the bonnet, Fatah Kofeyyas (scarf) and posters for late leader Yasser Arafat that would be used in a rally.

    Earlier, Fatah called on Gaza residents to join a rally that would be held on Monday in Gaza City to mark the 3rd anniversary of late Arafat's leaving away.

    According to the Fatah spokesman, some 30,000 bonnets, 30,000 Kofeyyas and 40,000 posters of Arafat were confiscated from the movement's headquarters in Gaza City by Hamas police forces.

    "The aim of confiscating the materials prepared for the rally is to prevent the people from rallying and commemorate Arafat's anniversary," said the spokesman who spoke in condition of anonymity.

    Meanwhile, Hamas police confirmed that Fatah office was stormed and the rally materials "were brought through a border crossing while Israel halts food and fuel entrance into the Gaza Strip."

    Hamas forces defeated President Abbas' security forces and his Fatah militias and took control of the Gaza Strip in mid June following one bloody week of fierce infighting that left dozen skilled and wounded.

    Earlier on Sunday, Fatah supporters and schoolchildren rallied in several Gaza Strip areas to mark Arafat's death anniversary.

    Witnesses said Hamas police forces chased Fatah rally activists and had beaten up several schoolchildren.