Acting US special envoy for Palestinian-Israeli negotiations Frank Lowenstein landed Thursday in Cairo where he is scheduled to meet with the Egyptian foreign minister and other officials to discuss extending Gaza's ceasefire.
The ceasefire is scheduled to end at 8 a.m. Friday unless a deal is reached to extend it.
Lowenstein said Egypt was working hard to try to prolong the ceasefire so to give negotiators enough time to reach an agreement on a long-term truce ending an 8-year, crippling siege on Gaza and assure that hostilities won't break out again.
A Ma'an reporter said that Israel agreed to more days of ceasefire, while the Palestinians are yet to determine whether they agree or not.
Also Thursday, Egyptian sources told Ma'an that Egypt would agree to permanently open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza on the condition that the Palestinian Authority's national consensus government runs the terminal along with the Egyptians. more
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