CAIRO, Aug 3 (AFP): A Hamas team arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian mediators on a possible truce in Gaza, an airport official and state news agency MENA said.
The delegation is led by senior Hamas official Ezzat al-Rishq, the sources said.
Egypt, the traditional broker in conflicts between Israel and Hamas, had invited Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to gather in Cairo to thrash out a durable truce in Gaza based on an Egyptian ceasefire proposal.
Israel, however, has said it will not send anyone to the talks.
"Hamas has proven that it breaches any agreement reached right away, as happened five times in previous truces," Israel's deputy foreign minister Tzahi HaNegbi told AFP on Saturday.
"It is therefore unclear at this stage what benefit Israel might see for participating in an attempt to reach agreements, based on the Egyptian initiative."
Another Palestinian team, including the Palestinian Authority's spy chief Majid Faraj, arrived late on Saturday for the negotiations, which are expected to start later on Sunday.
Hamas team arrives in Cairo for Gaza truce talks
FE Team | Published: August 04, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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