Hamas Agrees to Pull Back Its Police Militia
From Times Wire Reports
The Hamas-led Palestinian government said it would withdraw a controversial militia from public areas of the Gaza Strip in an agreement with the rival Fatah movement aimed at halting weeks of infighting.
Under the arrangement, the militia is to be folded into the official Palestinian police force, government spokesman Ghazi Hamad said.
Hamas had agreed to withdraw the 3,000-member police force from public view late last month. But within days, the gunmen returned to the streets.
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