GAZA, May 26 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt invited leaders of Hamas, to hold talks in Cairo, on stabilising a ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip, officials said yesterday.
Spokesman of Hamas in Gaza, Hazem Qassem, said, the movement’s politburo chief, Ismail Haniyeh, received the invitation, adding that, the talks will also focus on the process of reconstructing the Gaza Strip, following 11 days of Israeli airstrikes, which caused massive damages to the Palestinian enclave.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, the Hamas deputy chief abroad, confirmed that Haniyeh will lead a Hamas delegation to Cairo in the coming days.
Egypt brokered a ceasefire on May 21 between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza, ending 11 days of fighting that started on May 10.
High-ranking Egyptian security officials, held talks with Hamas leaders in Gaza, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, on stabilising the ceasefire.
On Monday, Abbas met in Ramallah with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and discussed stabilising the ceasefire and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, announced that, Egypt will donate 500 million U.S. dollars for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
Yesterday, the Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said, 254 Palestinians have been killed, including 66 children and 39 women, and 1,948 others injured, in Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave.– NNN-MENA
