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Arafat meets with security chiefs over US ceasefire proposal: source
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Yasser Arafat met with the heads of his security apparatus to discuss an apparent US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, a source in the Palestinian leader's office told AFP.
He said the United States had proposed the ceasefire, but would not provide further details.
The meeting started shortly after 9:00 pm (1800 GMT) at Arafat's battered headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the source said.
Top Arafat adviser Nabil Abu Rudeina said the meeting was to discuss the deteriorating situation on the ground, particularly in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces have launched a wave of airstrikes targetting militants.
"This meeting is aimed at discussing the very bad and dangerous situation after the two summits," he told AFP, referring to two peace summits held in Jordan and Egypt last week under the auspices of US President George W. Bush.
Following the meeting "important decisions would be taken", he added without adding further details and without mentioning any US ceasefire proposal.
Among those attending were Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan, the head of national security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, General Abdel Razeq al-Majeda, the head of public security in Gaza City, Saeb al-Aajez, and intelligence chief General Amin al-Hindi, he said.
The meeting came shortly after reports Israel was willing to hand over responsibility for security in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority as soon as Dahlan was ready.
According to a report on army radio, Israel would "facilitate such a move immediately and without preconditions".
It also comes amid heavy US pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to implement the roadmap peace plan, following a week of bloodshed in which more than 60 people have been killed.
In the latest violence, a member of the radical Hamas group was killed and 26 other people were injured, many of them children, when Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at a car in eastern Gaza City late Friday.