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Gaza - Israel on Tuesday resumed fuel shipments to Gaza's power plant which was shut off yesterday, Palestinian officials said.

The plant, which produces a quarter of the Gaza Strip's electricity, has not resumed production however, first having to wait for enough fuel to accumulate.

Mahmoud al-Khozendar of Gaza's petrol stations union said the industrial diesel is being trucked in from the Nahal Oz crossing point with Israel south-east of Gaza City to the only power plant located in the centre of the strip.

"The Israeli side told us that 2.5 million litres of industrial diesel would be delivered today and tomorrow," al-Khozendar said. "This amount is enough for operating the station for one week."

Gaza - Hamas will not implement a long-term truce with Israel for the time being, a senior official of the Islamist organization said Sunday.

The offer "was not cancelled," Mahmoud al-Zahar said, but added that there was "no room to implement it for the time being" since "there is no one to talk about this proposal with on the other (Israeli) side."

He said a long-term truce was "a project that can be developed when there are intentions."

Cairo, Gaza - Egypt announced on Saturday that crucial reconciliation talks between the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah scheduled for Monday are to be postponed.

The decision came after Hamas officially told Cairo that it will not take part in the meetings, the Egyptian state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.

In the Gaza Strip, the local Ramattan news agency quoted Palestinian officials as saying Egypt had informed them that the dialogue meeting was being postponed.

Gaza - Israeli forces on Saturday rolled into the southern Gaza Strip and Palestinian fighters engaged them, witnesses said.

A number of tanks and bulldozers entered the Khoza'a area in eastern Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. The bulldozers started to level the land, destroying fields and farms in the area, residents said.

The troops withdrew around the noon after Gaza militants said they exchanged fire with the forces. There were no reports on casualties.

Cairo/Gaza - Egypt is to announce Saturday that crucial reconciliation talks between the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah scheduled on Monday is to be postponed, al-Jazeera news network reported.

The decision came after Hamas has officially asked Cairo to postpone the talks which they see as "not yet ripe," the report said.

Egypt intends to inform the rest of Palestinian factions who were on their way to attend the meeting.

Earlier in the Gaza Strip, the local Ramattan news agency quoted Palestinian officials as sayiang Egypt had informed them that the dialogue meeting was being postponed.