Truce talks in Cairo after Ramadan holiday; two Israeli soldiers killed

The Egyptian government has started contacts with the Palestinian groups leaderships abroad in order to convene another round of talks on the inter-Palestinian national dialogue and means of declaring a new truce. Egyptian officials notified Palestinian leaderships that invitations will be extended shortly to them in order to hold the talks in Cairo after Eid al- Fiter holiday.

Meantime, two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by one Palestinian fighters at a barrier for the occupation forces near Bethlehem.

A high ranking Egyptian security delegation will arrive in Gaza including the deputy director of the general intelligence in Egypt Mohsin al-Nu'mani and the two Lt. Gen. Mustafa al-Buheiri and Muhammad Ibrahim. News reports said that the Egyptian mission in Gaza arranged meetings for the delegation today with each of the leaders of the Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad. In this regard the delegation will be meeting with Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and the representatives of Hamas, at first and then of the delegation of the "Islamic movement" today in the evening.

Simultaneously, the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qrei will start also today parallel meetings with leaders of the Palestinian groups in Gaza in order to discuss the issue of the truce and the national dialogue. He will, in particular be meeting with the leaders of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movements.