Egypt to host Turkey, Qatar & Hamas on Gaza predicament.

4-way meeting on Gaza to take place in Cairo at Morsi’s invitation.

By REUTERS

 

CAIRO – Egypt’s president will hold four-way talks with the Qatari emir, the prime minister of Turkey and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Cairo on Saturday to discuss the Gaza crisis, a presidential source said.

MOHAMED MORSI, center, prays at Al-Azhar mosque in - Photo: REUTERS

MOHAMED MORSI, center, prays at Al-Azhar mosque in – Photo: REUTERS

Egypt has been working to reinstate a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, after an informal truce brokered by Cairo broke down.

Israel launched  Operation Pillar of Defense on Wednesday with the declared aim of deterring Hamas from launching cross-border rocket salvos that have plagued southern Israel for years.

“Egypt’s presidency will meet today with (exiled Hamas leader Khaled) Mashaal, Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the situation in Gaza,” the presidential source told Reuters.

He said it would be a meeting of all four leaders.

Erdogan, who arrived in Egypt earlier on Saturday, has been an outspoken critic of Israel, while Qatar’s emir visited Gaza in October, breaking the isolation of the Palestinian group.

 

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