An Egyptian security delegation arrives in Ramallah and Gaza this weekend to discuss the stalemate in the reconciliation, according to a Fatah official.
Fatah Revolutionary Council Secretary Majed al-Fatiani said the Egyptian delegation, which arrives in Ramallah, will carry the implementation mechanism of the 2017 agreement, unanimously approved by all Palestinian factions.
Fatiani linked Cairo’s efforts with Hamas serious willingness to implement the agreement according to a timetable, adding that efforts are still being exerted with the movement to return to the Palestinian reconciliation and implement the 2017 agreement.
Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook met in Cairo with Egyptian officials, while the Egyptian security delegation met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
Egyptian officials are pushing for an internal reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas as well as a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Fatah asking for handing over all the ministries and bodies in Gaza Strip, including the crossings, while Hamas rejects that and asserts its adherence to the 2011 agreement which calls for the formation of a unity government, which puts the two movements at odds.
Hamas and Israel also disagree over the truce agreement.
After its meeting with Netanyahu, the Egyptian delegation postponed, as expected, its visit to Ramallah and Gaza to pressure Hamas into accepting the proposal sent by the delegation to the movement, according to i24News.
Hamas refuses to accept the proposal, arguing it is “unsatisfactory”.
Qatari funds sent to Gaza are a point of disagreement and Hamas wants to increase the sum to include its employees, but Israel rejects and wants the money to be used for infrastructure.
Palestinian Authority (PA), Hamas, and Israel are once again in disagreement over the projects in the Strip, including the plans for a field hospital with 16 health departments in the area close to Beit Hanoun, to the north of Gaza Strip, under full Israeli control.
Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said an international medical team would supervise the hospital, pointing it will ensure a great improvement for patients in Gaza, especially cancer patients.
The Palestinian government said it doesn’t oppose the hospital as long as it's done in coordination with it.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced that no one coordinated with the government about the hospital, to be funded by a private US institution and with Israeli approval on the northern border of Gaza. He explained that the PA doesn’t know the funding institution or its affiliations, however, it is willing to discuss the project.
He asserted that the Minister of Health is ready to discuss all the details, stressing that any activity in the enclave should serve the Palestinian interest and facilitate people’s lives in light of the worsening situation there.
Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila said the field hospital to-be-built would be part of the “deal of the century”, adding that no one coordinated with the Ministry of Health in this regard.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement that the government's attempts to interfere with the establishment of the hospital comes in the framework of continuing attempts to pressure Gazans and exacerbate their crises.
He added that “the disgraceful policy” of Shtayyeh’s government confirms the Prime Minister abandoned his responsibilities towards Gaza and its people.
