PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday Israel and the Palestinian Authority had accepted a truce plan for Gaza announced by Egypt on Tuesday. "The president is delighted by the acceptance by Israel and the Palestinian Authority of the Franco-Egyptian plan presented last night in Sharm el-Sheikh by (Egyptian) President (Hosni) Mubarak," said a statement from Sarkozy's office. "The head of state calls for this plan to be implemented as quickly as possible for the suffering of the population to stop." (Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Charles Dick)
A Palestinian girl kisses the body of her brother during a funeral for Palestinians killed at a U.N. school, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 7, 2009. Israel and ...
