Palestinians Eye Wider Gaza Deployment for Truce
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Palestinian commanders hoped to get an  Israeli go-ahead Tuesday for deploying security forces in south  Gaza to solidify a de facto cease-fire that would help new  President Mahmoud Abbas talk peace with Israel.
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Armed Palestinian group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades says it would be willing to accept a truce with Israel.
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Foreign Minister Jack Straw seeked assurances from Palestinian leaders yesterday that they will reform their security forces to help stop violence and work to revive the Middle East peace process.
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GAZA, JanGAZA, Jan. 26  - Palestinian  security forces began deploying in southern Gaza Wednesday to  halt militant attacks on Israelis under orders from new  moderate President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.
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Israel has agreed in principle to let Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas send a security force loyal to him into Gaza, where a fragile truce is in effect, an Israeli diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
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Palestinian security forces will deploy to  the Gaza Strip's borders with Israel within days to enforce  President Mahmoud Abbas's order to halt militant attacks, their  top commander said on Wednesday.
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Armed Palestinian police deployed across the northern Gaza Strip on Friday to prevent rocket fire on Israeli communities, raising hopes that the two sides have found a way to end more than four years of bloody conflict and resume peace talks.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians urged Israel  Friday to expand a prisoner release to ensure the success of a  summit both sides hope will result in a formal declaration to  end violence.
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Palestinian militants fired more rockets  and mortars into Jewish settlements in Gaza on Tuesday, hours  before new President Mahmoud Abbas was due in the area to urge  a cease-fire he hopes could revive peacemaking with Israel.
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Palestinian security chiefs met Israeli  generals Tuesday to win approval to take over wider areas of  Gaza, solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President  Mahmoud Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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A Gaza ceasefire to halt Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and a five-month-old Israeli military offensive in the territory began on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he would press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government came under strain in the Gaza Strip.
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A ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, heralding a possible end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and a halt to a crushing Israeli military offensive.
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President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah  movement reissued a call on Sunday for a mutual cease-fire with  Israel, reinforcing the Palestinian leader before a crucial  summit in Egypt.
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Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense officials said
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The top Palestinian security official Wednesday ordered troops deployed along the Gaza-Israel frontier in an attempt to curb attacks from Gaza, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reversed course again, approving a "security meeting" that for the time being headed off a possible large-scale Israeli invasion to curb the surging violence.
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After a recent surge of violence in and around the Gaza Strip, Israel and the Palestinians moved gingerly today toward reinstituting an often-broken cease-fire.