13,000 men take up position to enforce ceasefire

November 26, 2006

Gaza - Ma'an – The Palestinian commander in chief of Palestinian security forces has revealed to Ma'an News Agency that almost 13,000 men are to be deployed along the confrontation lines, starting at 1.30pm Sunday. This deployment will start from the Kerem Shalom area up to the Sodaniya area in the north of the strip.

General Jamal Kayed told Ma'an that the deployment will be in accordance with the president's orders, and the general leader of the Palestinian national forces, General Suleiman Hillis, in order to implement the ceasefire agreement.

The general clarifies that a meting for all bodies of the security forces, including the Force 17, the military police, and others, has been held, and that a case of higher alert was announced within these bodies.

General Kayed confirmed that the security forces deployed will be operating under three leaders, and that these forces will exchange positions with Israelis who were holding key locations, before the truce was announced. He also stressed that the forces will prevent the projectile launching at Israeli towns and outposts. "Any one who attempts to launch projectiles or infiltrate Israel will be arrested. These people will be looked at as standing against the Palestinian national unity. Even as Palestinian nationals, they will be prevented in any way, even by force."

Palestinian security forces searching a car after they were deployed near the Gaza-Israel border Sunday in a bid to halt rocket fire. (Reuters)

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