Egyptian security delegation in Gaza meet with Hamas's Haniyeh

CAIRO - 1 March 2018: Top Egyptian security delegation met with head of political bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza on Thursday, to carry on the efforts of the Palestinian reconciliation.

Talks between the two parties tackled the efforts that should be done to ease the mission of the unity government in Gaza strip.


The Egyptian delegation's meeting with Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza on March 1, 2018
The delegation headed by Gen. Sameh Nabil from Egypt’s General Intelligence, Brig. Gen. Abdel Hady Farag and Egyptian Consul General Khaled Samy met with deputy president of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Ahmed Bahr on Wednesday to discuss ending the division inside Gaza and Hamas’s measures to complete the reconciliation.

An Egyptian security delegation arrived in Gaza Strip on Sunday to discuss the recent developments regarding the reconciliation agreement signed between long-time Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas back in Egypt.


Since the signing of the reconciliation agreement in Cairo in mid-October, Egypt has sent several security delegations to the Gaza Strip to follow up on the recently-established government's work.

In statements to Palestinian Sawa news agency on Monday, Azzam al-Ahmad, member of the Fatah Central Committee, affirmed that both the Palestinian and Egyptian parties agreed on several things, including banning terrorists from using the Rafah border crossing or taking privilege of it in any way.