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Egypt mediating between Israel, PIJ in effort to bring end to Gaza violence

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Egypt is currently mediating between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in an effort to bring an end to the ongoing round of violence in Gaza, a Middle Eastern diplomat tells The Times of Israel.

A delegation from Cairo is slated to depart for Gaza tomorrow, the diplomat says.

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