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BBC News Middle East
26 November 2012 Last updated at 17:42 GMT
Israel and Hamas begin indirect Gaza ceasefire talks
Representatives of Israel and Hamas have begun indirect talks about the
implementation of the ceasefire deal that ended the recent violence in Gaza.
The negotiations are being led by Egyptian intermediaries in Cairo.
Hamas is expected to press for an end of the Israeli blockade on Gaza, while
Israel wants arms smuggling to cease.
At least 158 Palestinians and six Israelis were killed in the eight-day
offensive which Israel said it launched to stop rocket-fire from the territory.
Under the terms of the initial ceasefire, agreed on Wednesday, Israel agreed to
end all hostilities and targeted killings, while Hamas agreed to stop attacks
against Israel and along the Gaza border fence.
The deal also called for the "opening the crossings and facilitating the
movement of people and transfer of goods", with the timing other details to be
discussed "after 24 hours" of the ceasefire coming into effect.
UN bid
Israeli negotiators are reported to be asking for an assurance that the
smuggling of weapons under Gaza's southern border with Egypt will end.
"Israel is proposing this, no doubt," Hamas deputy political leader Moussa Abu
Marzouk told the AFP news agency.
"But at no stage was it part of the understanding for a ceasefire. They
proposed it in the media, but not during the talks," he said.
Meanwhile, Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal has telephoned the Palestinian
Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, to say the Islamist movement "welcomed" his
bid to have Palestine recognised as a "non-member observer state" at the United
Nations.
The announcement by Hamas was unexpected. Its leaders have previously dismissed
the UN approach as a waste of time.
Mr Abbas has said he will push for a vote on the issue at the UN General
Assembly on Thursday. If it is approved - as it expected to be - it will
improve the Palestinians' chances of joining UN agencies and the International
Criminal Court (ICC).
Currently, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the umbrella group
which represents most Palestinian factions and conducts negotiations with
Israel, only has "permanent observer" status at the UN.
Israel and the US have threatened financial penalties if the Palestinians press
ahead with the UN bid, saying the only way to achieve an independent state is
through negotiations.
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