Reports: High-level Israeli defense delegation heading to Cairo tomorrow to coordinate hostage-ceasefire deal

A delegation of senior Israel defense officials will head to Egypt’s capital Cairo tomorrow to coordinate matters relating to the ceasefire and hostage deal with the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, according to Hebrew-language media.

The Walla news site and Army Radio report that the delegation will include senior Shin Bet officials, the head of the IDF Strategy Directorate Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, and COGAT chief Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian.

The meetings will focus on coordinating the process of releasing the hostages on the first day of the ceasefire, the reports say. In the previous ceasefire deal, the hostages were released via the Rafah Crossing to Egypt and then to Israel.

Also according to the reports, the delegation will discuss with Egyptian officials the reopening of the Rafah Crossing for Palestinians to leave Gaza, the entry of aid to the Strip, and the IDF’s deployment and expected withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area.