(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz Tuesday approved a list of gestures meant to ease the lives of Palestinians. Some 1,000 Palestinian workers from Gaza will be allowed to enter Israel and work. Several hundred businesspeople from Gaza and the West Bank will also be granted entry permits to Israel. Despite the mutual cease-fire declarations in Sharm el-Sheik, there were several violent incidents in the territories. Several shots were fired at an Israeli vehicle near the West Bank settlement of Bracha near Nablus on Tuesday. IDF forces operating near the Gaza settlement of Gadid were fired upon.
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