Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Thursday amid intensifying efforts to end the exchange of Hamas rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes that have led to over 200 deaths in Gaza since the start of fighting on July 8.
The meeting, announced by Egypt’s presidency, comes as Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls Gaza, agreed to briefly halt hostilities Thursday on humanitarian grounds.
Cairo has once again become a diplomatic hub to end the fighting in Gaza after Egypt initially proposed a ceasefire that was accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas, which said the proposal did not address the Gaza group’s demands for a ceasefire.
Abbas on Wednesday in Cairo met Hamas deputy leader Mussa Abu Marzuq, who insisted on changes to the Egyptian truce plan including guarantees on opening border crossings to the besieged Gaza Strip.
— AFP and Times of Israel staff
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