The Palestinian security chief in Tulkarem, Said Abu Fashi, told reporters that Palestinian police would begin to deploy in the town from Monday evening while Israeli forces would start to redeploy in the area from early yesterday.
Tulkarem governor Ezzedine al-Sharif said under the terms of the agreement, armed Palestinian security forces would deploy "in the entire Tulkarem region aside from three villages" where troops would go unarmed.
Ceding security in five West Bank towns was a key issue agreed at a landmark Israeli-Palestinian peace summit in Egypt last month. Last Wednesday, Israel transferred limited security control in Jericho to the Palestinian Authority.
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