Yasser Arafat says he expects an announcement "within hours" on an agreement by Palestinian militias to suspend attacks on Israelis. The Palestinian leader's comments are the strongest sign yet that a temporary truce will be offered by the three main militant groups - Hamas, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Islamic Jihad. But leaders of those groups immediately rejected the statement that a deal was hours away, though they said an announcement may come in the next few days. Violence has been continuing with an Israeli man shot dead near the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank hours after two Palestinians died in an Israeli attack on suspected militants.

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