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Egypt invites Israel, Palestinians for separate talks on Gaza truce
By Haaretz Service
Tags: egypt, israel news, gaza 

Egypt has invited representatives of Israel and the Palestinian factions to Cairo for separate talks on a long-term truce initiative in the Gaza truce.

An official at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry told the MENA news agency that the meetings were scheduled to take place on Thursday, and were geared toward reaching a solution for a truce and for lifting the economic blockade off the Gaza Strip.

The report did not detail whether either Israel or the Palestinians have accepted the invitation.
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Egypt has invited representatives of Israel and the Palestinian factions to Cairo for separate talks on a long-term truce initiative in the Gaza truce.

An official at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry told the MENA news agency that the meetings were scheduled to take place on Thursday, and were geared toward reaching a solution for a truce and for lifting the economic blockade off the Gaza Strip.

The report did not detail whether either Israel or the Palestinians have accepted the invitation.

Israel Defense Forces was gradually withdrawing grounds forces from the Gaza Strip on Monday, following a tentative truce with Hamas
that allowed Palestinians to take stock of the devastating three-week war.

Israel and Hamas separately declared cease-fires on Sunday, to the relief of Western powers that, while publicly sympathetic to Israel's security concerns, were alarmed by the mounting humanitarian toll in the impoverished territory.

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