Khaberni - Three sources told Reuters that envoys from the "Peace Council", led by US President Donald Trump, met with representatives from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Cairo, in an attempt to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza which has been under significant pressure since the US and Israel began bombing Iran.
The meeting held at the beginning of the week is the first announced meeting between Hamas and the Peace Council since the war began.
Following the meeting, Israel announced on Sunday that it would soon reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which has been closed since the bombing campaign on Iran began.
One of the sources said he believes that Israel's announcement was a direct result of the meeting between Hamas and the Peace Council. The Peace Council is a new international body chaired by Trump charged with overseeing the Gaza Strip after the war.
Before the war in Iran, Trump's plan related to Gaza was his main initiative in the Middle East.
The sources said that Hamas representatives warned the council of the possibility that the Palestinian movement might withdraw from its previous promises under the ceasefire agreement in Gaza if Israel continues to impose its new restrictions on the sector during the ongoing war with Iran.
Israel closed the Gaza borders after the war began on February 28, attributing this to the inability to operate the crossings safely.
It later resumed allowing a limited flow of goods and aid but kept the Rafah crossing closed, which is the only individual crossing to Egypt.
Israel announced on Sunday that it would reopen the crossing later this week after a "security assessment".
Reuters had previously reported that talks on the disarmament of Hamas have been suspended since the outbreak of the war on Iran. These talks were supposed to be the focus of the next phase of Trump's plan related to Gaza.
