Hamas delegation heads for Cairo to discuss worsening situation in Gaza
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Gaza, Feb. 9, 2018 (Xinhua/NAN) A delegation of the Islamic Hamas movement went to Cairo on Friday for a meeting with Egyptian officials to discuss the worsening situation in the Gaza Strip, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said.
The delegation, led by its leader, Ismail Haniyeh and five other high-ranking officials, aims to work with Egypt to ease the worsening humanitarian situation in the Israeli-blockaded enclave.
“The two sides will discuss the economic crisis that has “put Gaza on the edge of the abyss.
“They will discuss obstacles to a unity deal with the Palestinian government in the West Bank, as the visit is within the framework of the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreements signed in 2011 and 2017,” Barhoum said.
Egypt is the primary sponsor of an ongoing reconciliation process between Hamas, which controls Gaza Strip, and Fatah, a Palestinian faction that rules the West Bank.
In October, Hamas signed a new reconciliation agreement with Fatah in Cairo, but the recommendations from the agreement have yet to be implemented. (Xinhua/NAN)
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Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole/Abdullahi Yusuf