DAILY BEAST / RETUERS: A unity government is to take control of the Gaza Strip, after a breakthrough in talks between Palestinian factions on Thursday which could strengthen their hand in talks with Israel next month.
The Gaza ceasefire struck in August between Israel and the Palestinians called for the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, to take over civil administration in Gaza from the Islamist Hamas.
Officials from Hamas and Abbas’ Fatah movement announced the deal on Thursday in Cairo, where they had been meeting under the auspices of Egypt’s intelligence services… (more)
