Palestinians have postponed talks with Israel aimed at bringing about a Middle East peace summit after Israeli forces killed nine people in a raid on the Rafah refugee camp, a militant stronghold.
"The meeting has been put off in protest at Israel's killing of Palestinians in Rafah," a senior Palestinian source said, referring to southern Gaza camp stormed by the army yesterday in what it called a swoop on gunrunner tunnels.
Top aides to Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Korei and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had been expected to meet in Jerusalem in ongoing efforts to arrange a summit and revive a US-led peace "road map" battered by renewed violence.