Informed sources revealed that Egyptian intelligence director Abbas Kamel affirmed during his recent meeting with the delegation of Hamas in Cairo that his country would work on improving the humanitarian situation in the impoverished Gaza Strip.
According to those sources Egypt will embark on cooperating with the UN and donor countries to put an end to the current deterioration of the humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
Egypt will also take concrete steps regarding the mechanisms used to open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza and the movement of goods and will allow Egyptian companies to work in Gaza and carry out development projects.
During the meeting with the delegation of Hamas Egypt’s intelligence chief expressed willingness to send a delegation of security officials to Gaza soon to follow up the Palestinian reconciliation process and the progress that had been made in this regard.
The two sides also confirmed their positions on rejecting any move seeking to expand Gaza at the expense of Egypt’s sovereignty over its territory in Sinai stressing that such step would never be in “the political dictionary of Egypt or Hamas.”
The meeting between the two sides took place last Tuesday and they discussed several issues of mutual interest especially the Palestinian reconciliation Gaza humanitarian crises the Rafah border crossing and the mutual relations.
A high-level delegation from Hamas led by Haneyya left last Friday for Cairo through the Rafah crossing following prior arrangements with the Egyptian side.
