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Hamas is sending a delegation to Cairo this Saturday to discuss a ceasefire

A Hamas delegation will visit Cairo this Saturday, as confirmed by a Palestinian militia official, who declined to be identified. Egyptian state television Al Qahera also reported on the delegation’s visit, citing a high-level source.

Efforts have been underway in Cairo since late last month to restart talks for a ceasefire in Gaza. In fact, this Friday, CIA Director William Burns reached the Egyptian capital. Egypt does not hide its concern over the possibility of an Israeli ground operation in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, in the south of the Strip, and where more than a million people have taken refuge.

Mediators have made public that they are awaiting Hamas’s response to the latest ceasefire proposal in Gaza, which includes the release of Israeli hostages held in the strip as well as Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. This Friday the United States spoke of “some progress in negotiations,” according to a statement from an American official who preferred to remain anonymous.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is also involved in the fight against Israel in Gaza, has reiterated its factions’ cease-fire demands: a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the return of displaced people. Home. “There is full and continuous coordination and consensus among all resistance factions,” the group said in a statement. (Reuters)