CAIRO, Dec. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- An inter-Palestinian dialogue began in the Egyptian capital on Thursday, with emphasis on the possibility of reaching a new truce with Israel.

    Representatives of 12 Palestini an factions attended the opening ceremony of the week-long talks and another Palestinian delegation will join in the talks later in the day, a Palestinian source told Xinhua.

    According to the sources, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei is expected to take part in the last two days of the talks to press for tangible results.

    Under Egyptian mediation, Palestinian militant groups agreed in late June to suspend their anti-Israel attacks for three months.

    But the unilateral ceasefire collapsed following Israel's killing of Abu Shanab, a senior official of the Palestinian Islamicresistance movement Hamas, in late August. Enditem