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No progress in truce talks

Mediators struggle to bridge gap between Israel, Palestine

AFP, Cairo
Egyptian mediators raced to bridge gaps between Palestinians and Israelis yesterday as they struggled to secure a lasting Gaza truce ahead of the midnight expiry of a three-day ceasefire, an official said.
The indirect talks, held at the General Intelligence headquarters in Cairo, were expected to go down to the wire, the
Palestinian official said.
By the time the deadline passes, the two sides must have either agreed on a permanent ceasefire, accepted an extension or risk a resumption of more than a month of bloody fighting.
Meanwhile, an Italian cameraman working for international news agency Associated Press was among at least five people killed in northern Gaza yesterday as sappers were dismantling an Israeli missile.
Gaza's interior ministry said all five had been killed in a blast which occurred as explosives experts were trying to dismantle an unexploded Israeli missile inBeitLahiya.
Another six people were seriously wounded, medics said.
The AP confirmed that one of its journalists and a freelance Palestinian translator had been killed, identifying them as Simone Camilli, a 35-year-old cameraman from Italy, and Ali Shehda Abu Afash, 36.
Camilli had worked for The Associated Press since 2005. He is the first foreign journalist to be killed in more than a month of bloodshed between Israel and Hamas militants which began on July 8.
Egypt brokered the 72-hour truce which took effect at 00:01 on Monday, and has urged the Israelis and Hamas, the de facto rulers of Gaza, to make every effort to reach a permanent ceasefire.
Mediators have proposed that talks on key Palestinian demands of a seaport and an airport in Gaza be delayed until a
month after a permanent ceasefire takes effect, according to the Egyptian proposal contained in documents seen by AFP yesterday.
Negotiations on proposals for the handover of the bodies of two slain Israeli soldiers held by Palestinian militants in exchange for the release of prisoners in Israeli jails would also be postponed, according to the document.
Linder the proposal, the buffer zone along Gaza's border with Israel would be gradually reduced and guarded by Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas's security teams.
The negotiations "are in a very sensitive stage and we hope to reach an agreement" before midnight (2100 GMT), said Palestinian delegation head Azzam al-Ahmed.
Hamas is understood to be demanding clear commitments to opening the ports in Gaza, even if they are to be established at a later date.
The Palestinians, included Hamas, are also demanding an end to the eight-year blockade of Gaza.
The document was vague on the blockade, saying the crossings would be opened according to agreements reached between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Palestinian officials had said Israel proposed easing restrictions at two of the six border crossings it shares with the small coastal enclave.
The Palestinians, for their part, have rejected an Israeli demand for Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza to disarm.