Special report: Internal situation in
Palestine
GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) - Palestinian rivals of Hamas
and Fatah movements met again at the Egyptian embassy in Gaza city on Sunday to
assess the situation a day after they reached a ceasefire.
Abdel Hakim Awad, a spokesman for Fatah movement,
told reporters in Gaza that the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal has being taken
hold as planned and no violations were found.
The second meeting discussed ways of reinforcing the
ceasefire on the ground and to return "personal possessions" that were
confiscated during six days of bloody fighting between the two rivals who share
one government, said Awad.
He added that the two sides would also continue the
implementation of the final agreement that called for withdrawing gunmen from
streets, removing checkpoints and displacing snipers from high roofs.
Sources at the Egyptian embassy said Hamas and Fatah
have exchanged about 30 hostages and would release the other captives in the
day.
So far, at least 50 Palestinians were killed in the
worst ever strife between the two factions where four previous ceasefire deals
failed to take hold or stop the feud.