Ma'an -- Hamas leaders left the Gaza Strip on their way to Cairo on Tuesday for a new round of talks regarding Palestinian national unity.The delegation, led by senior official Mahmoud Zahhar, will meet with Egyptian security officials to determine the fate of negotiations with the rival Fatah movement. An Egyptian security official told Ma'an that the Hamas delegation included three other people in addition to Zahhar. The group arrived at the Rafah Border Crossing at 12pm and crossed to the Egyptian side. Egyptian security forces then escorted them to Cairo. A Hamas-Fatah summit originally scheduled for this week was postponed until after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began last weekend.
Palestinian sources said they expected the Zahhar delegation to visit other countries after finishing talks in Cairo.