Hamas says delegation to go to Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks

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Updated on April 8, 2024

CAIRO: A Hamas delegation headed by the group’s deputy chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, will go to Cairo on April 7 for Gaza ceasefire talks, in response to an invite prolonged by Egyptian mediators, the group mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.

U.S. CIA Director Invoice Burns arrived in Cairo on Saturday night to attend Sunday’s talks, sources at Cairo airport informed Reuters. Qatari Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and an Israeli delegation have been anticipated to participate within the talks as properly, Egypt’s Al Qahera information reported on Saturday.

Hamas reiterated its calls for issued in a March 14 proposal previous to a U.N. Safety Council decision calling for a ceasefire within the Gaza Strip that was handed on March 25.

The calls for embrace a everlasting ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, a return of the displaced, and a “critical” trade deal of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, the assertion mentioned.

Earlier, United Nations (UN) humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has asserted that Israel’s struggle on Gaza has became a “betrayal of humanity”.

In an announcement on the eve of the six-month anniversANN(Asian Information Community) of the struggle, Martin Griffiths, the outgoing under-secretANN(Asian Information Community)-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency reduction, known as for a “collective dedication that there be a reckoning for this betrayal of humanity.”

“Every day, this struggle claims extra civilian victims,” mentioned Griffiths, who will depart his submit on the finish of June attributable to well being causes.

The destruction wrought throughout the Gaza Strip by Israel since Oct 7 makes for grim studying – over 33,000 folks killed and, in line with the World Financial institution, over a million Palestinians are with out houses, near 90 per cent of well being amenities have been broken or wrecked and colleges have been destroyed or became shelters for the newly homeless.