Palestine Called for New Ceasefire

World | August 27, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called on militant groups to reinstate a ceasefire they formally ended last week after a Hamas leader was killed by Israeli gunships. The call came as Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas held emergency cabinet talks in the Gaza Strip about the escalating violence between Israel and Palestinian militants. Arafat also accused Israel of rejecting the US-backed peace roadmap by "escalating" attacks against Palestinian militants. On Tuesday a bystander was killed and at least 20 wounded in an Israeli missile strike on Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian reportedly armed with a knife in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday

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