After rejecting Israel's conditions for a cease-fire, Hamas officials on Thursday expressed disappointment over Egypt's failure to endorse their stance. "Instead of putting pressure on Israel to accept the truce, the Egyptians are pushing us to accept the Israeli conditions," a top Hamas official in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post.
A Hamas delegation that held talks in Cairo this week with Egyptian General Intelligence chief Omar Suleiman left Egypt Thursday after failing to reach an agreement on the terms of the truce proposal. The delegation, which was made up of Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip and Syria, was headed by Mahmoud Zahar and Musa Abu Marzouk. |