Gaza's border crossings will once again remain closed on Tuesday, following instructions by Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The decision came after the Gaza truce was breached yet again on Monday afternoon when a mortar shell was fired at the Karni crossing. The army said the shell landed in an open area near Nahal Oz, causing no casualties or damage. A high-level Hamas delegation is scheduled to arrive in Cairo Tuesday for talks with Egyptian government officials on the possibility of reaching a prisoner exchange agreement with Israel and to preserve the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The delegation will be headed by Musa Abu Marzouk, the Damascus-based deputy head of Hamas's political bureau, and Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip. The visit comes amid reports of tensions between Hamas and Egypt over the...
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