Egypt will host Israeli and US officials on Sunday to discuss the reopening of the Rafah crossing, a vital conduit for aid into the besieged Gaza Strip.
\nSaturday an unidentified senior official said Cairo was demanding \u201ca total Israeli withdrawal\u201d from the terminal on Gaza\u2019s southern border with Egypt.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn Egyptian American Israeli meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday) in Cairo to discuss the reopening of the Rafah crossing,\u201d the official said.
\nThe crossing has been closed since Israeli forces seized its Palestinian side in early May, reducing aid flows into the war-torn territory to a trickle.<\/p>\n
Since then, Egypt and Israel have blamed each other for the blocking of aid deliveries through Rafah. The Egyptian authorities have refused to coordinate with the Israelis, preferring to work with international or Palestinian bodies.<\/p>\n
After talks with US President Joe Biden last month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed to temporarily divert UN aid to the Kerem Shalom crossing, near Rafah but on Gaza\u2019s border with Israel.
\nBiden on Friday revealed a multi-phase plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip proposed by Israel, saying it was \u201ctime for this war to end.\u201d
\nThe official quoted that Egypt was undertaking \u201cintensive efforts\u201d to \u201cresume negotiations\u201d for a truce \u201cin light of the recent American proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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