Gaza Truce Mediators Meet In Cairo To Discuss Second Phase

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The meeting reportedly included Egypt and Turkey’s intelligence chiefs with Qatar’s prime minister.
The Cairo meeting followed a Hamas delegation’s discussion with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad on the second phase of the truce. (EPA Images pic)CAIRO: Delegations from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, mediators along with the US of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, met on Tuesday in Cairo to discuss the second phase of the deal, Egyptian state-linked media reported
Al-Qahera News, which has ties to Egyptian intelligence, said the meeting included the Egyptian and Turkish intelligence chiefs alongside the prime minister of Qatar.
The delegates discussed working with the US “to ensure the successful implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement” between Israel and Hamas, the channel reported.
Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the US act as both mediators and guarantors for the Gaza deal, which came into effect on Oct 10 after two years of war.
Their meeting in Cairo came two days after a senior Hamas delegation met with Egyptian spy chief Hassan Rashad to discuss the second phase of the truce.
That phase concerns disarming Hamas, establishing a transitional authority and deploying an international stabilisation force of foreign troops to the Gaza Strip.
According to Al-Qahera News, Tuesday’s meeting addressed “overcoming obstacles and limiting violations to ensure the ceasefire holds”.
Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce.
According to the Gaza health ministry, Israeli fire has killed more than 300 Palestinians since the truce took hold.
The mediators on Tuesday also “agreed to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation with the Civil-Military Coordination Centre” – the truce monitoring centre set up by the US and its allies in southern Israel. - FMT

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