Israel’s defense minister denied comments by Cabinet minister Dan Naveh that Israel had frozen its participation in a gradual cease-fire plan. But Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said Israel would not withdraw from more areas unless Palestinian forces intensified their efforts to stop anti-Israeli violence.
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