Israel Halts Gaza Operations
Posted on | January 28, 2005 |
In yet another show of good faith Israel has suspended operations in the Gaza strip.
Hundreds of Palestinian police deployed in the central and southern Gaza Strip on Friday, a day after the new Palestinian leadership banned civilians from carrying weapons and Israel’s prime minister said conditions were ripe for a “historic” breakthrough toward peace.
The Israeli army chief on Friday, in turn, ordered his troops to halt operations in areas of Gaza where Palestinian troops have taken up positions, and to minimize arrest raids in the West Bank.
These temporary ceasefires have failed in the past as terrorists rarely adhere to any form of honour or decency but it is encouraging nevertheless.
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