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Submitted by ctv_en_1 on Tue, 05/15/2007 - 11:15
A cease-fire between Hamas and Fatah has been restored, according to a Palestinian government spokesman on Monday.

"We have an agreement, and we have confidence that this agreement should be implemented," Ghazi Hamad said.


Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya have issued orders to security forces from Fatah and Hamas respectively to withdraw from the streets.


"Hamas and Fatah, both of them, have given orders to their elements in the street to withdraw and stop all military conflicts and clashes in the streets and to return all kidnapped people," the spokesman said.


The announcement about the ceasefire came hours after an Egyptian-brokered truce ended early Monday, when shooting resumed between rival militias.


The gun battle left two gunmen dead and 10 others wounded.


According to the sources, the gun battle broke out near the Fatah intelligence headquarters in northern Gaza City. The dead were the bodyguards of a local Fatah leader.


In protest to the ongoing violence in Gaza, Palestinian Interior Minister Hani al-Qawasmi resigned on Monday. His resignation was a blow to the Palestinian unity government, formed earlier this year in an effort to end the deadly factional fighting concentrated in Gaza.


One of the major sticking points in forming the Fatah-Hamas government has been the portfolio of the interior minister and choosing who would fill the key position.

 

CNN

 

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