By Xinhua,
Gaza : A Hamas movement spokesman said Thursday that a Hamas delegation would head for Cairo on Friday to hold talks with Egyptian officials on a truce deal with Israel.
Ayman Taha, the movement’s spokesman in Gaza, told reporters that the movement was invited by Egyptian intelligence chief Omer Suleiman to come to Cairo for talks on reaching a lull in the Gaza Strip.
“Suleiman and Hamas delegation will hold a meeting in Cairo on Saturday and Sunday to discuss the Israeli response to the truce proposal offered by Egypt to both Gaza militant groups and Israel,” Taha said.
On Monday, Suleiman held talks in Tel Aviv with Israeli leaderson a proposal to reach a six-month truce in the Gaza Strip first. Israel asked Suleiman for more explanations.
Hamas expressed readiness to halt all kinds of attacks against Israel in exchange for opening the border crossings and stopping all Israeli military operations and targeted killing against militants in the Gaza Strip.
Israel insisted that any truce deal should include the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was abducted by three militant groups led by Hamas, in the summer of 2006 near an Israeli army base southeast Gaza Strip.
Despite Egypt’s efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Gaza militants, Israel killed six Palestinians on Wednesday, while Gaza militants launched rockets near Ashkelon in southern Israel, killing an Israeli and wounding 30 others.