An Egyptian security delegation left Gaza Strip on Friday, heading to Ramallah via Beit Hanoun crossing, for the second time to follow up the Palestinian reconciliation file. The delegation aims at holding talks with Palestinian Authority officials on a number of issues, including the reconciliation with Hamas and the attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah and Head of General Intelligence Service Majed Faraj in Gaza a few days ago. The delegation took a long way off the road, which is usually taken to welcome delegations, security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat, noting that the delegation had not followed the known route because of the bombing attempt that targeted the PM’s convoy. While other sources said that the delegation will return Sunday or Monday to Gaza Strip to complete the talks on the reconciliation file and on reducing the tension and verbal attacks on media between Fatah and Hamas following the bombing attempt. It is still unknown whether the delegation would convey to the PA and Fatah movement in Ramallah any official letters from Hamas, or that it would convey information regarding the conduct of investigations carried out by the movements security services in Gaza after the bombing of the Palestinian prime ministers convoy. The Ministry of the Interior in Gaza announced the arrest of suspects in the incident, explaining that it is conducting large-scale investigations to reach quick results and make them public. The delegation has been in Gaza for weeks, during which it held meetings with various factions and ministers of the unity government, who arrived to the Strip before the assassination attempt. The delegation was scheduled to meet with Majed Faraj, who accompanied Hamdallah to Gaza last Tuesday; however, the bombing let the visit last only half an hour. It also led to an escalating tone of accusations and tension between Fatah and Hamas movements, of which Cairo oversees their reconciliation file.
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