(VOVworld) – Hamas and Fatah reached an agreement on Sunday to allow the Palestinian Authority (PA) to deploy its troops on Gaza’s borders.

Palestinian Hamas security forces patrol the border area in Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on May 20, 2013. (Photo: Flash90)

The agreement is part of a reconciliation roadmap between the two Palestinian factions and will allow 3 thousand PA soldiers to return to Gaza after 7 years under Hamas’s control. However, the agreement’s implementation, including negotiations with Israel to transfer Palestinian troops from the West Bank to Gaza, has not yet been discussed.