Egyptian security delegation expected in Gaza, says Fatah official
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RAMALLAH, February 24, 2018 (WAFA - official PLO news agency) – An Egyptian
security delegation is expected to arrive in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to
follow up on the stalled reconciliation efforts between the Palestinian
Authority and Hamas, a senior Fatah official said on Saturday.

Azzam al-Ahmad, member of Fatah Central Committee in charge of the
reconciliation talks with Hamas, which control’s Gaza, said in a telephone
interview with the official Voice of Palestine radio that the Egyptians had
informed him to the delegation’s visit to Gaza.

He said President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership are
determined to go ahead with the reconciliation as agreed in Cairo in October
“regardless of the slowness and obstacles placed by Hamas.”

Ahmad visited Cairo recently and held talks with the acting director of
intelligence Abbas Kamel on how to push the reconciliation forward and
overcome impediments facing it.

The reconciliation calls for full empowerment of Rami Hamdallah government
in Gaza, a step the Palestinian government said on many occasions has been
facing obstacles by Hamas.

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