Hamas is open to “indirect and rapid” negotiations on a prisoner exchange following its bloody military escalation with Israel in May, the Palestinian militant group said Monday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and visiting Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel discussed ways to stabilise the ongoing ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the reconstruction of the besieged.
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The Egyptian foreign minister receives his Israeli counterpart as part of his efforts to strengthen the Gaza truce.
The Egyptian foreign minister, in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, stressed the need to move forward The truce between Israel and Hamas stopping all practices that cause escalation.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry confirmed at a meeting with Cairo Gabi Ashkenazi in Cairo on Sunday that “a special sensitivity related to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and all Islamic and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem must be taken into account,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Tensions rose last month After Israeli security forces attacked the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, occupied East Jerusalem, they fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Muslim worshipers in the last days of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Egypt s intelligence chief met Hamas leaders in Gaza on Monday in an effort to bolster a cease fire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel and to discuss reconstruction plans following the recent hostilities, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said.
The visit was the first by an Egyptian intelligence chief to the enclave, with which Egypt shares a border, since the early 2000s. Alongside an Israeli blockade, Egypt has also kept its Gaza border shut almost entirely since Hamas takeover of the Strip in 2007. The discussion is focused on ways to cement the calm and Gaza reconstruction plans following the recent Israeli aggression, said a Hamas official, who asked not to be named.