Gaza City - Israel has rejected an 18-month ceasefire with Hamas and wants an open lull without a time-limit, the Islamist Hamas movement on Saturday said.
Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said that Egypt, which has mediated between Israel and Hamas, and his movement can't accept such an open lull in accordance with Israel's request.
Jerusalem, Feb 13 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said that a team would leave soon for the Middle East to review all incidents that resulted in death or injuries to United Nations staff during the Israeli raids on Gaza strip.
In a statement issued by Ban Ki-Moon's spokesperson on Thursday night, the UN Secretary-General expected "full cooperation of all parties concerned."
Tel Aviv - The Egypt-Gaza border crossing of Rafah will be open only to humanitarian aid as part of a tentative, 18-month truce agreement between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas movement ruling the strip, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday.
Hamas announced Thursday that the long-awaited truce will be declared within three days.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev would not comment.
Cairo- Representatives of rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas have held preliminary talks in Cairo, in what Egypt hopes will be the first of many meetings on forming a national unity government, the al-Arabiya TV news channel reported Wednesday.
The meeting, which took place late Tuesday, was attended by the head of Fatah's parliamentary bloc, Azam al-Ahmad, Fatah spokesman Ahmed Abdel-Rahman and senior Hamas officials Jamal Abu-Hashim and Ayman Taha, al-Arabiya said.
Ramallah - A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed concern Tuesday that the anticipated close outcome of Israeli elections could create a "state of paralysis" in advancing the peace process.
"The Israelis voted for a state of paralysis," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told the al-Jazeera satellite channel from Amman, where he arrived with Abbas following a week-long tour of European countries.
Gaza City - Israel has rejected an 18-month ceasefire with Hamas and wants an open lull without a time-limit, the Islamist Hamas movement on Saturday said.
Jerusalem, Feb 13 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said that a team would leave soon for the Middle East to review all incidents that resulted in death or injuries to United Nations staff during the Israeli raids on Gaza strip.
Tel Aviv - The Egypt-Gaza border crossing of Rafah will be open only to humanitarian aid as part of a tentative, 18-month truce agreement between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas movement ruling the strip, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday.
Cairo- Representatives of rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas have held preliminary talks in Cairo, in what Egypt hopes will be the first of many meetings on forming a national unity government, the al-Arabiya TV news channel reported Wednesday.
Ramallah - A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed concern Tuesday that the anticipated close outcome of Israeli elections could create a "state of paralysis" in advancing the peace process.
