Terror groups sign truce document - Palestinians

Top leaders of the militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups have agreed to halt attacks against Israelis for three months, a Palestinian source said today.

He said the document outlining the truce terms was signed in Damascus by top Hamas leader Khaled Mashal and Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shalah, and came as a result of contacts between them and Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the Palestinian uprising jailed in Israel.