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Palestinians agree ceasefire plan | |
(about 8 hours later) | |
The Palestinian government says it has agreed on the terms of a ceasefire proposal it wants to put to Israel to end more than three weeks of violence. | The Palestinian government says it has agreed on the terms of a ceasefire proposal it wants to put to Israel to end more than three weeks of violence. |
It said all factions in the Hamas-led Cabinet supported the truce - which would have to cover all Palestinian territories, not just the Gaza Strip. | It said all factions in the Hamas-led Cabinet supported the truce - which would have to cover all Palestinian territories, not just the Gaza Strip. |
The plan calls for militants in Gaza and the Israeli military to end the cross-border attacks simultaneously. | The plan calls for militants in Gaza and the Israeli military to end the cross-border attacks simultaneously. |
Israel has previously rejected plans for a West Bank truce. | Israel has previously rejected plans for a West Bank truce. |
The Israeli military frequently carries out raids against suspected militants there. | The Israeli military frequently carries out raids against suspected militants there. |
Extensive Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza has killed two Israelis in the last month and retaliatory Israeli military operations have killed about 50 Palestinians, many of them Hamas fighters. | Extensive Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza has killed two Israelis in the last month and retaliatory Israeli military operations have killed about 50 Palestinians, many of them Hamas fighters. |
Israeli promise | Israeli promise |
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been urging Palestinian factions to agree a Gaza-based truce with Israel first, to end the current round of violence. | Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been urging Palestinian factions to agree a Gaza-based truce with Israel first, to end the current round of violence. |
The ceasefire proposals begin with a cessation of missile firing by all Palestinian factions. | |
After that it calls on Israel to stop air attacks, military raids and arrest operations, and to release detained Palestinian Authority officials, among other measures. | |
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Ramallah says Hamas broke a similar ceasefire earlier this year, arguing that Palestinians were still being killed by Israelis in the West Bank. | |
Other militant groups did not observe the truce at all, citing similar reasons. | Other militant groups did not observe the truce at all, citing similar reasons. |
Mr Abbas is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert later this week but if he comes away with less than an Israeli promise of a truce across all Palestinian territories, the rocket fire from Gaza is likely to carry on, our correspondent says. | Mr Abbas is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert later this week but if he comes away with less than an Israeli promise of a truce across all Palestinian territories, the rocket fire from Gaza is likely to carry on, our correspondent says. |
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