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Ma’an/Ceasefire deal to be signed in Cairo

SHAFAQNA (International Shia News Association)-Palestinian sources in Cairo told Ma’an that a ceasefire agreement is being prepared after 15 days of Egypt-sponsored negotiations.

The Israeli delegation has left Cairo to inform the cabinet before it convenes at 9 p.m. to discuss the agreement. 
The sources said Egyptian legal consultants were preparing the documents. 
Egypt is expected to announce the developments after 11 p.m., they said.
A six-hour negotiations session was held on Monday following a nine-hour session on Sunday night, sources close to the ceasefire talks told Ma’an.
There were no major disagreements among the Palestinian factions, the sources said.
The five-day ceasefire expires at midnight on Monday.
The aim is to broker a long-term arrangement to halt over a month of bloody fighting which erupted on July 8 although both sides have largely lowered their guns since Aug. 4 thanks to a series of temporary truce arrangements. 
Ahead of the deadline, President Mahmoud Abbas was travelling to Doha Monday for talks with exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal and Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. 
Qatar is a key backer of Hamas, the de facto rulers of Gaza. 
As diplomatic efforts intensified, Gaza’s health ministry said the death toll from the fighting rose above 2,000 as more people succumbed to injuries. The figures showed 2,016 people had been killed and another 10,196 wounded.
Among the dead were 541 children, 250 women and 95 elderly men. 
Separately, the Israeli army confirmed that five of 64 soldiers killed in combat had died as a result of “friendly fire.”

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