Egypt claimed Friday morning that it arrested twelve armed Palestinians on suspicion that they were planning to attack Israeli tourists vacationing in the Sinai, Israel Radio reported. An Egyptian security official said the group was arrested near the Rafah crossing and the Ahmad Hamdi tunnel, leading to Sinai coastal resorts. | They're naming the Gazook tunnels? The 'Mahmoud Memorial' Tunnel? |
A senior Egyptian diplomat told Saudi paper Al Wattan that Egypt offered Hamas to reach a ceasefire with Israel which would include the group eschewing firing rockets from Gaza to Israel. This was not the first such proposal, the diplomat told the paper. Reportedly, Hamas was also ready to call for new elections, on condition that they would include presidential elections and not only parliamentary elections.