News - Middle East: A high-ranking delegation of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to hold talks on a ceasefire deal that would put an end to nearly five months of Israel’s genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Egyptian media reports on Sunday said the Palestinian delegation, headed by Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the Hamas' Political Bureau, was expected to negotiate with mediators a truce agreement that would take effect across Gaza before the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan next week.
The expected deal could also include a swap of 40 Israeli captives for 400 Palestinian prisoners as well as an increase in the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering the besieged territory.
The reports said representatives from the United States and Qatar had also arrived in Cairo for mediation in the indirect talks between Hamas and Israel.
The Egyptian media cited an unnamed Hamas official as saying that if the Israeli regime were to meet the Palestinian resistance movement’s demands, including the occupying entity’s military withdrawal from Gaza and stepped-up humanitarian aid, the measure would “pave the way for an agreement within the next 24-48 hours.”
Earlier in the day, a source affiliated with the Gaza-based resistance movement confirmed to Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television network that, “The Israeli occupation imposes many obstacles that prevent reaching a temporary truce. Despite these obstacles ... reaching an agreement is still possible.”
The source underlined that the most contentious issue in the truce talks is the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from Gaza and the return of the Palestinians displaced in the southern regions to the northern parts of the enclave, as well as the issue of lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza’s northern regions.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza said at least 90 people had been killed in the past 24 hours, including 14 family members whose house was targeted in Israeli strikes in a refugee camp in the southern town of Rafah.