Hamas slams Egypt for botched mediation, delayed reconstruction

Ahmad Abu Amer

Dec 10, 2021

Gaza casualties — Ismael Abu Ryala, 26, sleeps in his house in Al Shati refugee camp on Dec. 4, 2021, in Gaza City, Gaza. Ismael suffers from hemiplegia of his left side, meningitis and loss of vision and speech, as he was injured by a missile strike on May 17, 2021 during the 11-day war on the Gaza Strip. For many of Gaza's residents who were injured in the conflict the struggle to recover continues more than six months on with limited access to medical treatment. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/Getty Images) — Fatima Shbair/Getty Images

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tension flared up again between Egypt and Hamas over slow progress in the truce with Israel. Hamas is accusing Egypt of stalling and delaying the execution of the truce understandings that were reached with the Palestinian factions after the last battle in May.

The only demands that have been met were allowing the entry of the Qatari cash grant and the gradual entry of goods through the Kerem Shalom crossing and Salah al-Din Gate in the southern Gaza Strip.