GAZA, June 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Israel has agreed to give the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) plan of its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank due in mid-August, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

   The statement said the agreement was reached at an overnight meeting which ended at predawn Wednesday between Israeli Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Moshe Kaplinski and Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu-Zaid over coordination of the pullout.

   Terming the atmosphere of the meeting as "positive," the statement said the Israeli side agreed to give the Palestinians all needed information on the withdrawal including timetable.

   It also said the Palestinian side asked Israel to hand over the northern West Bank city of Jenin in order to enable Palestinian forces to better control security during the evacuation.

   Israel is scheduled to evacuate troops and settlers from all the 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four out of 120 in the West Bank in mid-August.

   Israel and the Palestinians have stepped up coordination efforts over the coming pullout. Enditem