Israel was poised on Sunday to withdraw its troops from a second West Bank city in a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after he won a commitment from militants to hold their fire against Israelis. "We expect to transfer Tulkarm to Palestinian responsibility on Monday," Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz told journalists at an army base in central Israel. He said the city of Qalqilya would be next, but gave no date for that pullback.