Haniyeh arrived in Cairo “for negotiations with the Egyptian authorities on the development of Zionist aggression in the Gaza Strip and other issues,” the Palestinian Islamist organization said in a statement.
Negotiations will focus on “stopping aggression and war, preparing a deal for the release of (Palestinian) prisoners and ending the siege of the Gaza Strip,” a Hamas source told AFP on Tuesday.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Tuesday that the country was “prepared for a further humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian assistance to facilitate the release of hostages.”
Israel vowed to “destroy” Hamas, which has been in power in Gaza since 2007, after the Palestinian movement attacked the country on October 7, in an offensive that killed nearly 1,140 people, according to a databased AFP report People were killed, most of them civilians. Latest official publications from the Israeli authorities.
According to the Israeli government, nearly 250 people were taken hostage in the attack and 129 of them remain in Gaza.
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, 19,667 people, most of them women, children and teenagers, died in Israeli bombings in Palestinian territory.