Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior member of Hamas in Gaza, said on Tuesday that the negotiations in Cairo between Palestinian Arab representatives and Egyptian government representatives regarding the lifting of the siege on Gaza had resulted in achievements on certain issues.

In an interview with the Al-Khaleej Online website, Zahar said that the issues under discussion were related to the Palestinians' right to safe and unrestricted passage out of Gaza and not through the Israeli crossings.


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