Children walk past debris in a heavily damaged room at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, on May 7, 2024 AFP
The informed source emphasized that Egypt is making every effort to reach a comprehensive ceasefire deal to avoid a worsening of the humanitarian situation in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli assault on Rafah.
At the same time, Israeli negotiators arrived in Cairo for the talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced.
Netanyahu said he had instructed the Israeli delegation to "stand firm on the conditions necessary for the release" of Israeli captives held in Gaza, and on "essential requirements for guaranteeing Israel's security."
The Israeli delegation does not include Israel’s top negotiators, but it is instead of a lower-level delegation according to the Israeli news websites.
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Political Bureau of Hamas informed in phone calls on Monday to the Head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamel and Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani that the movement had accepted the countries’ proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
Israel described the recent proposal as “far from meeting Israel’s requirements” and said it would send negotiators to Cairo for talks to examine the possibility of a deal.
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