Senior Fatah, Hamas officials to meet in Cairo

PLO executive committee member Jamil Shihada told Ma'an that the top officials will meet in Egypt to discuss "activating reconciliation" and a visit to Gaza by the PLO.
 
The meeting will set a date for the PLO delegation to arrive, he added.
 
An April 23 agreement between Hamas and Fatah paved the way for the formation of a government of national unity for the first time in seven years, but Israel has strongly opposed the deal and severely targeted Hamas in the months that followed.
 
Critics have noted that the unity government has made few changes in Gaza and failed to help with reconstruction after Israel's assault on the Strip in a 50-day war over summer 2013.
 
A series of attacks in Gaza on Fatah and Hamas officials' cars have triggered angry exchanges between Hamas and Fatah leaders, potentially endangering the unity government.