Hamas takes issue with some wording in Egyptian offer

15 August 2014, 6:29 pm

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Representatives of Palestinian factions in Cairo say progress is being made in reaching a ceasefire deal. A Hamas official says his group has all but accepted the offer and is currently finalizing the wording.

“The proposed agreement states in many places that lifting the blockade will come through measures and mechanisms agreed upon between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and this means Israel will always have the upper hand, and might return the situation on the crossings back to the way it used to be before the war,” he says. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations are still ongoing.

He says the emerging deal would end hostilities and answer some immediate Hamas needs, including providing materials for reconstruction.

–AP