CAIRO (AFP)--Egypt is hopeful that a Gaza truce accord between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas can be reached in the next few days, foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki told AFP on Sunday.
"There are positive signs that in the next few days we will reach an understanding on a truce and and a partial reopening of crossing points [into Gaza]," Zaki said.
Egypt has been mediating indirect talks for a lasting truce since the end of the 22-day Gaza war, which killed at least 1,330 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.
The fighting ended when both Israel and the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers called separate ceasefires on Jan. 18.
However, the fragile calm has been tested by Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and retaliatory air strikes.
On Saturday, a spokesman for Hamas said it expected an agreement with Israel on the the reopening of border crossings into the Gaza Strip "within the next few days."
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