CAIRO: Hamas will send a delegation, including representatives from Gaza, to Cairo today to discuss an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire, a senior Hamas official told AFP on Friday.
Moussa Abu Marzuk, the deputy head of the Islamist movement, said the delegation will ask for clarifications of the three-point plan President Hosni Mubarak announced on Tuesday.
In every state there are many questions and there is a need for clarifications, Abu Marzouk, who is based in Damascus, said.
The three-point plan called for a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, urgent meetings with Palestinian and Israeli officials and the resumption of Palestinian reconciliation talks.
Abu Marzuk said that Hamas had not yet chosen its representatives from the Gaza Strip.
A Hamas delegation from Syria had met with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Sulaiman on Tuesday, but Saturday s meeting will be the first attended by Gaza representatives since Israel began its two-week long onslaught on the territory.
Abu Marzuq also refused to endorse a UN Security Council resolution issued on Thursday that called for a ceasefire, saying Hamas had not been consulted.
Hamas has no comments on the resolution, because it has not been asked to accept or reject it, he said.
