Al-Quds city, Sept 4, SPA -- Egyptian forces are to begin deploying inthe Gaza border area in the coming days under an agreementwith Israel, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Sunday,another key step in the Israeli withdrawal from the GazaStrip. The Gaza withdrawal, meant to end a 38-year Israelioccupation of the area, began last month and is to becompleted by mid-September, The Associated Press reported. About 750 lightly armed Egyptian forces are slated to takeup positions along the border, according to an agreementsigned last week between Israel and Egypt. The accordoverrides a demilitarization clause in the 1979 peacetreaty between the two countries. The Israeli Defense Ministry said the first Egyptianforces would arrive in the next few days, possibly as soonas Sunday, though it declined to give further details.--SPA1435 Local Time 1135 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/287184