In Gaza, the ruling Hamas movement today denied reports that a number of its leaders had secretly met with Israeli leaders. A West Bank-based Hamas official said the reports are misleading and fabricated. He said the reports are meant to cause harm to the Islamic movement and reduce its growing popularity in the Fatah- ruled West Bank.The London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper today reported that a clandestine meeting was held between Abdul Razek and Israeli officials in the Israeli city of Netanya last Tuesday. The newspaper linked the Israeli-Hamas meeting with the recent calls of Hamas leaders in Syria to kidnap Israeli settlers in the West Bank to exchange with Palestinian prisoners.