Hamas official: Delegation's visit to Egypt is to listen to the mediator's opinions and not for new negotiations

On August 25th, Jin10 News learned that on the 24th local time, Mahmoud al-Mardawi, a senior official of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), stated that the purpose of the Hamas delegation’s visit to Egypt was to listen to the mediator’s opinions and there were no new negotiations. He said: ‘We will not provide cover for Netanyahu’s evasion, manipulation, and deception.’ Al-Mardawi urged the mediator to urge Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to abide by the Consensus protocol that has already been reached, and emphasized that the Biden administration needs to put pressure on Netanyahu to demand that he commit and retract the new conditions. Earlier, Hamas official Isat Rishk posted on social media that the Hamas delegation would arrive in the Egyptian capital Cairo on the evening of the 24th to listen to the progress of the Gaza ceasefire negotiations being held there.