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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/492896.html
Israel May Accept Egyptian Border Troops
(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - Israel is leaning toward accepting Egypt's proposal for deploying additional troops along the Gazan border in an effort to combat Palestinian arms smuggling, government sources said Sunday. "The Egyptian proposal is serious, though it will obviously be judged by the results," said one source. Egypt proposed deploying two battalions of Border Police, 750 soldiers in armored vehicles, along the 4-km border between Gaza and Sinai. A beefed-up Egyptian deployment that seriously reduced arms smuggling into Gaza could enable the IDF to leave the Philadelphia Road, which runs along the Gazan-Egyptian border.