Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has sacked several security officials in the Gaza Strip following their failure to stop militant rocket and mortar attacks on Jewish settlements.
Police chief General Saeb al-Ajez and national security chief in
the southern Gaza Strip General Omar Ashur were among those
dismissed.
Earlier, Palestinian officials said talks on security co-ordination with their Israeli counterparts had been postponed because of a fresh outbreak of violence.
The meeting had been arranged after the summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders earlier this week.
The Palestinian side said the Israelis had asked to cancel the talks after militants fired mortar bombs into Jewish settlements in Gaza.
The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, said that the mortar fire was a reprisal for the death of a Palestinian man who died last night hours after he was wounded by gunfire from a Jewish settlement in Gaza.
It was the first conflict-related fatality since Israel and the Palestinians declared a truce on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old from the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza was shot from a nearby settlement, which has an Israeli army garrison.
An Israeli military source claimed troops had fired warning shots when four Palestinians came within 50 metres of a fence near the settlement. He said the Palestinians fled.
Earlier, Israel said it will soon readmit thousands of Palestinian workers and lift some West Bank roadblocks following the ceasefire agreement.
The international 'Quartet', comprising the United States, Russia, the UN and the EU, has said it will attend a Palestinian reconstruction conference to take place in London at the beginning of March.
The Quartet is sponsoring a 'road map' peace plan.
