APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza – 08 June 2021. Palestinian militants of the National Resistance brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) take part in a military parade in an anti-Israel rally.
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The Egyptian-brokered truce ended 11 days of heavy Israeli bombing of Gaza and rocket fire from the impoverished coastal enclave into Israel. Israeli air strikes and artillery fire on Gaza killed 257 Palestinians, including 66 children, and wounded more than 1,900 people in 11 days of conflict from May 10, the health ministry in Gaza says.
Egypt is concerned about the prospects of brokering an agreement between Hamas and Israel over a possible prisoner swap deal, according to media.
Egyptian intelligence, which is mediating talks between Israel and Hamas, is not seeing real progress in any of the issues in question, which include a prisoner swap deal.
Cairo is also concerned that there are no Israeli officials who are able to make decisions as a result of there being only a caretaker government at present as coalition talks continue on the ground.
Egyptian mediators believe that since the ceasefire came into effect on 21 May, no progress has been made, especially in light of the tense political situation in Israel. No one is able to take a firm decision, with the outcome being delay and uncertainty.
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