The head of Egyptian intelligence Abbas Kamel initiated contacts with the leadership of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad regarding a prisoner exchange deal with Israel, Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported Wednesday.
The Egyptian side asked the Palestinians to urgently send representatives to Cairo © Mena Today
The head of Egyptian intelligence Abbas Kamel initiated contacts with the leadership of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad regarding a prisoner exchange deal with Israel, Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported Wednesday.
According to the reports, the contacts were renewed following the visit of an Israeli delegation to Cairo Monday.
The delegation brought a "revised" proposal, which, as per the report, included new clauses related to a cease-fire, stages of humanitarian aid and mechanisms for prisoner exchange.
The report also noted that the Egyptian side asked the Palestinians to urgently send representatives to Cairo and communicated with Qatari mediators as well.
Israel is not seeking an endless war with Iran and will coordinate with the United States on when to end the fighting, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday, declining to publicly state a timeline for when the conflict could end.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun launched a scathing attack on Hezbollah Monday, accusing the Iran-backed group of deliberately seeking to trigger Lebanon's « collapse », and calling for direct negotiations with Israel to end the war.
Hezbollah said on Monday its fighters clashed with Israeli troops in eastern Lebanon during an Israeli airborne raid overnight, in what would be the second such operation in the area in recent days, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed group entered a second week.
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