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GAZA, Oct 23 (KUNA) -- Israel has approved deploying several hundred
additional Palestinian policemen in the West Bank town of Hebron as part of an
operation to restore order, Israeli public radio reported Thursday.
The deployment, the date for which has yet to be set, was agreed at a
meeting Wednesday between officials of the Israeli military and the
Palestinian Authority's security service.
The Israeli military confirmed in a statement that the two sides "agreed to
coordinate their actions to put the plan into effect, and to continue their
dialogue."
Requested by the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmud Abbas, the plan
is an "important operation against troublemakers and those that violate the
law in the Hebron region", according to the Israeli statement.
An Israeli military spokesman could not confirm or deny the radio report on
the deployment of additional Palestinian police.(end)
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