Cairo, Oct. 20 -- Egypt pressed Hamas on Sunday to agree to a post-war security plan in Gaza as a senior delegation from the group held talks in Cairo on consolidating a fragile ceasefire, Egyptian sources said.
During the meeting with the delegation led by senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, Egyptian officials urged the group to establish a mechanism for handing over weapons and to withdraw from Gaza's security and political scene, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Under Egypt's proposal, about 1,000 Palestinian Authority (PA) police officers would be deployed in Gaza, with the force potentially expanding later with Israeli approval. The PA force would work alongside an international security contingent expected to be s...