Itongadol.- Member of Palestinian delegation says sides focusing on Hamas\’s demands that Israel lift the blockade on Gaza and allow airport and seaport in the Strip; sources deny reports that Israel, US make deal on lifting blockade.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed indirect cease-fire talks in Cairo on Tuesday after the sides agreed to extend the temporary truce in Gaza for an additional 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.
Israel Radio quoted Kais Abdel Karim, a member of the Palestinian delegation to the talks as saying that the sides were mainly discussing Hamas\’s demands that Israel lift the blockade on Gaza and allow an airport and seaport in the Strip.
The sides were also discussing Israel\’s demand that Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other factions in Gaza be disarmed.
The PA\’s envoy to Cairo, Jamal Shobak said that Israel was offering to partially lift the blockade on Gaza , Israel Radio reported.
Sources in Jerusalem denied media reports that Israel had made an agreement with the United States about lifting the blockade on Gaza