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Delegations of Hamas and Israel left Cairo, Thursday following a two-day round of negotiations.
The Jordanian prime minister is holding a visit to Cairo to co-chair with his Egyptian counterpart the 32nd session of the Supreme Joint Committee.
Hamas official Osama Hamdan said, Tuesday that their approval of the Egyptian-Qatari proposal on a ceasefire agreement came after months of negotiations.
Egyptian high-level source affirmed that there is an agreement between all parties to return to Gaza ceasefire negotiating track.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Monday evening a phone call from his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
The statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered that such "perilous escalation a threat to the lives of more than one million Palestinians."
“While the Hamas proposal is far from meeting Israel's core demands, Israel will dispatch a ranking delegation to Egypt in an effort to maximize the possibility of reaching an agreement on terms acceptable to Israel,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid blamed his government, Monday for “abandoning hostages” in Gaza. He affirmed that “they must do everything to return them back”.
The Mawasi area in Khan Yunis, to which Israel ordered the Palestinians in eastern Rafah to evacuate, is already overcrowded with tents and lacks basic services
Egypt has warned all parties of the danger of the current escalation and stressed the necessity of returning to negotiations and the significant progress achieved in it, High-level source said to Al Qahera news channel, Monday.
The Egyptian security delegation is intensifying its contacts to contain the current escalation between Israel and Hamas, a high-level source said.
UNRWA will not evacuate its sites in Gaza in case of an Israeli Rafah invasion, according to Cairo News.
A High-level source stated told Al-Qahera TV News Channel the Egyptian security delegation taking part in the talks between Palestinians and Israelis, have reached a consensus formula on many points of disagreement regarding establishing a truce in Gaza.
CIA Director William Burns arrived on Friday in Cairo to attend meetings related to for hostage negotiations and reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, according to al Qahera news channel reported.
A Hamas delegation will arrive in Cairo in two days to continue negotiations.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Wednesday France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stephane Sejourne who is holding a tour in the Middle East.
Civil Defense Warns of Humanitarian Crisis Under Rubble
Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry participated Monday in a ministerial meeting of several Arab and European countries and the Arab League to discuss efforts towards a Palestinian state.
The initiative targets to develop the Egyptian countryside.
The prime minister equally underscored that 85 percent of humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza is donated by Egypt.
