After helping to bring about an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire, Egypt hopes to strengthen the truce and increase its role as a mediator.

A senior Hamas official stated that Israel must stop its “aggression” in the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem. The Egyptian intelligence chief met with Palestinian leaders in the besieged coastal area to try to strengthen the relationship between Hamas and Israel. Ceasefire.

Hhalil al-Haya delivered a speech after meeting with Abbas Kamel. After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abbas Kamel visited Gaza with the goal of supporting the informal ceasefire promoted by Cairo.

According to Egyptian and Palestinian officials, his visit was the first visit by an Egyptian intelligence chief to the enclave since the early 2000s and was also aimed at discussing Israel’s recent bombing of Gaza’s reconstruction plan.

Since 2018, Carmel has not issued a public statement and is the highest-level Arab official visiting Gaza. He met with Yahya Sinwar, the supreme leader of Hamas in Gaza.

Haya told reporters: “We discussed several documents. The most important thing is the obligation to force the occupation to stop aggression against Gaza, Jerusalem, Sheikh Jala and the entire Palestine.” He said that when Hamas won in 2006 After the elections in 2007, when Hamas seized power from the hostile Palestinian army in 2007, Israel must also completely lift the blockade of Gaza.

He said: “If this happens, then calm and stability will be restored.”

Egypt played a key role in facilitating the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Hamas ruled the Gaza Strip and ended the 11-day fighting.

After the violence broke out, tensions in occupied East Jerusalem continued for several weeks, and the court has now postponed its ruling on the forced deportation of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah. The Israeli army suppressed demonstrators in the nearby and nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Muslims and Jews praised the temple as the Temple Mount.

After issuing an ultimatum demand to request Israeli forces to withdraw from the scene in occupied East Jerusalem, Hamas fired a rocket at Israel, and Israel launched an air strike on Gaza shortly thereafter.

Israel bombed the territory from the air, land and sea for 11 days, killing at least 253 people, including 66 children. Rockets fired by armed groups in Gaza killed at least 12 people in Israel.

Al-Haya ruled out the possibility of linking the reconstruction of Gaza with the release of two Israeli civilians by Hamas and the remains of two Israeli soldiers killed in the last military battle.

The truce of Egyptian brokers has been held, but it has not resolved any potential problems that still exist.

Since 2007, Gaza has been under a severe Israeli-Egypt blockade.

The siege slowed down, and sometimes even completely stopped the inflow of basic necessities, including fuel. It also stopped the flow of building materials needed to rebuild most of the infrastructure in the enclave, which was damaged during Israel’s previous military operations in 2008, 2012, and 2014.

Carmel’s visit was seen as Cairo’s efforts to restore a more important role in the mediation between Israel and Hamas and to resume the deadlocked Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

The Egyptian state news agency MENA reported on Sunday that Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi instructed officials to continue their efforts and meetings to resolve the issue of prisoners and missing persons between Israel and Hamas.

After the meeting with Carmel in Gaza, Sinwar said there was “a real opportunity for progress” in resolving the prisoner issue, although he added that Hamas requested that these negotiations be separated from ceasefire negotiations.

At the same time, it is also expected that Al-Haya will announce Cairo’s plan to build a housing city in the enclave.

The Gaza Housing Ministry said that 1,500 housing units were completely destroyed during the fighting, another 1,500 housing units were damaged beyond repair, and another 17,000 housing units were partially damaged. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the cost of reconstruction was US$150 million.

The Middle East and North Africa organization said that Carmel also met with Palestinian President Abbas in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, and conveyed to him a message from Sisi, affirming Cairo’s views on the Palestinians and Abbas. stand by.