‘Egypt Finalizing Details of Hamas Truce With Zionist Regime’
CAIRO (Dispatches) – Egypt is finalizing details of a long-term truce deal between the Zionist regime and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian security source said on Thursday, amid easing of tensions in the enclave where some two million Palestinians live.
Cairo has brokered an interim truce that has allowed commercial goods into Gaza ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast which starts next week.
"We are putting the final touches to the terms of the truce that will be signed by all sides, and we expect to announce the terms next week if Fatah helps us to do so,” the source said, referring to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s party which dominates the occupied West Bank.
Officials from Fatah have not joined those of Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, and other Palestinian factions for the talks in Cairo on the long-term truce.
But Fatah’s backing is crucial for any deal as the party retains a large presence in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and has overall control in areas under Abbas’s Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
"The period of calm will be for one year, during which contacts will be held to extend it for another four years,” the source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Abbas has already lashed out at the U.S. for its dishonesty regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying American statesmen are lying when they talk of plans to address the crisis in the Israeli-blockaded territory.
In a televised speech at the start of a Palestinian Central Council meeting in Ramallah on Wednesday, Abbas denounced as mere lies the recent claims by officials in U.S. President Donald Trump’ administration that they want to improve the living conditions of Gazans.
The suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza "started ever since there was an occupation and Israeli blockade,” he said. "The U.S. has now woken up to defend and support our people. They are liars,” he added.
He said the American officials’ plan to promote "humanitarian aid and relief projects" in Gaza is in line with their own interests.
Back in June, the Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported that the Trump administration is trying to persuade the Persian Gulf Arab monarchies to invest in Gaza economic projects in a bid to calm the situation before Washington unveils its so-called Middle East peace plan.
The Palestinian Authority said back then that the so-called aid plan is a scheme meant to sow discord among Palestinians and get concessions on occupied al-Quds.
The Gaza Strip has been under an inhumane siege by the occupying regime of Israel since 2007 and witnessed three wars since 2008. The Tel Aviv regime carries out regular attacks on Gaza under the pretext of hitting positions belonging to the Hamas resistance movement.
Members of Hamas' security forces standing guard in front of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip.
Cairo has brokered an interim truce that has allowed commercial goods into Gaza ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast which starts next week.
"We are putting the final touches to the terms of the truce that will be signed by all sides, and we expect to announce the terms next week if Fatah helps us to do so,” the source said, referring to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s party which dominates the occupied West Bank.
Officials from Fatah have not joined those of Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, and other Palestinian factions for the talks in Cairo on the long-term truce.
But Fatah’s backing is crucial for any deal as the party retains a large presence in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and has overall control in areas under Abbas’s Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
"The period of calm will be for one year, during which contacts will be held to extend it for another four years,” the source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Abbas has already lashed out at the U.S. for its dishonesty regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying American statesmen are lying when they talk of plans to address the crisis in the Israeli-blockaded territory.
In a televised speech at the start of a Palestinian Central Council meeting in Ramallah on Wednesday, Abbas denounced as mere lies the recent claims by officials in U.S. President Donald Trump’ administration that they want to improve the living conditions of Gazans.
The suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza "started ever since there was an occupation and Israeli blockade,” he said. "The U.S. has now woken up to defend and support our people. They are liars,” he added.
He said the American officials’ plan to promote "humanitarian aid and relief projects" in Gaza is in line with their own interests.
Back in June, the Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported that the Trump administration is trying to persuade the Persian Gulf Arab monarchies to invest in Gaza economic projects in a bid to calm the situation before Washington unveils its so-called Middle East peace plan.
The Palestinian Authority said back then that the so-called aid plan is a scheme meant to sow discord among Palestinians and get concessions on occupied al-Quds.
The Gaza Strip has been under an inhumane siege by the occupying regime of Israel since 2007 and witnessed three wars since 2008. The Tel Aviv regime carries out regular attacks on Gaza under the pretext of hitting positions belonging to the Hamas resistance movement.
Members of Hamas' security forces standing guard in front of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip.