Two Egyptian security sources told Reuters today (Wednesday) that an Egyptian security delegation will head to Israel tomorrow in an attempt to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Hamas said earlier today that it is committed to cooperating with any ceasefire efforts in the Gaza Strip, where it has been fighting with Israeli forces for more than a year.

Hamas added in a statement issued after Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah group agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon: “We express our commitment to cooperate with any ceasefire efforts in Gaza, and we are concerned with stopping the aggression against our people, within the parameters of stopping the aggression.” On Gaza, which we agreed upon nationally; It is a ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation forces, the return of the displaced, and the completion of a real and complete prisoner exchange deal.”

She continued: “We call on the brotherly Arab and Islamic countries and the forces of the free world for a serious and pressing movement on Washington and the Zionist occupation to stop its brutal aggression against our Palestinian people, and to end the ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip.”