ARABS-ISRAEL - Jan. 28 - Troops Kill 8 As US Envoys Try To Revive Talks >Ti Israeli troops kill 8 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in one of the bloodiest raids of recent months. The raid lowers expectations of a breakthrough by visiting US envoys seeking to revive peace talks.

John Wolf and David Satterfield, who press PM Qurei to hold a summit with Sharon in order to push forward the road map towards a two-state solution. Qurei says a summit is possible, although he has avoided meeting Sharon while the Israeli leader refuses to grant any prior concessions, such as improving humanitarian conditions or ending armed raids in the occupied territories. "This continued aggression against our people should be stopped", Qurei tells Wolf, who heads a team charged with implementing the road map but which left the region 4 months ago. Palestinians later said the Israeli raid, which occurred amid a relative lull in violence, amounted to continued provocation on Sharon's part. Israel said the raid was necessary to root out militants who attack Jewish settlements in the heart of the densely populated Gaza Strip.