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Islamic Groups Reject Truce in Egypt Peace Talks

Islamic Jihad, Hamas want more concessions before truce with Israel

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(Newser) – Egypt’s talks with Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, aimed at establishing a truce with Israel, ended unsuccessfully today, Reuters reports. The militant groups demanded Israel stop Gaza and West Bank raids, end its Gaza blockade, and reopen border-crossings. Hamas and Israel already appear to have instituted a de facto ceasefire, Reuters notes. Islamic Jihad continues to fire rockets into Israel.

Egypt is hosting the talks—with US blessing—in a town on the border with Gaza, which Hamas seized from the secular Fatah faction led by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas last summer. President Bush says he hopes a peace deal can be brokered before he leaves office in January.

Two women stand in the damaged storefront of a shop after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, landed in the southern town of Sderot Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
Two women stand in the damaged storefront of a shop after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, landed in the southern town of Sderot Wednesday, March 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Relatives of Palestinian Hussain Abu Aabed react over his body, during his funeral at the family house in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, March 20, 2008.
Relatives of Palestinian Hussain Abu Aabed react over his body, during his funeral at the family house in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, March 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A Palestinian woman reacts next to the bodies of four Palestinian militants, not seen, during their funeral in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, March 13, 2008.
A Palestinian woman reacts next to the bodies of four Palestinian militants, not seen, during their funeral in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, March 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Israelis take cover during a rocket warning siren in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Thursday, March 13, 2008.
Israelis take cover during a rocket warning siren in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Thursday, March 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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