Palestinian police said they have launched a campaign to confiscate illegal weapons. Three Palestinian papers ran a statement from police chief Ghazi Jabali that those refusing to turn in their weapons would be brought to trial. Meanwhile, Israel accused the Palestinian Authority of violating security understandings in the Wye agreement by not handing confiscated weapons over to American officials.
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