Israelis and Palestinians to discuss ceasefire

Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs had a meeting set for today to discuss implementation of a ceasefire negotiated by CIA director George Tenet, after violence coloured the first day of the truce.

An Israeli military intelligence officer, Lt Col Yehuda Edri, 45, was shot and killed by a Palestinian informer yesterday. The two had arranged a meeting, and the informer, identified as Hassan Abu Shaireh, 30, from the Azza refugee camp in Bethlehem, approached the officer’s car and killed him. Another soldier shot and killed Abu Shaireh.