Indirect negotiations between Palestinian factions and Israel will continue in two weeks in Cairo, a leading member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Saturday.
DFLP leader Qais Abd al-Karim, a member of the Palestinian negotiations delegation, told Ma'an that negotiations regarding Gaza in the aftermath of the Israeli assault were expected to continue on Sept. 20 or 21.
The negotiations will focus on the entry of construction material into the Gaza Strip, as Israel has not yet implemented an agreement to ease the siege and allow building supplies in, Abd al-Karim said.
A more specific agenda for the meeting will be agreed upon as soon as the Palestinian delegation arrives in Cairo, he added. There is no set end date for the negotiations.
On Monday, Israel's Channel 10 TV said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not send a delegation to Egypt for further talks.
Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip ended over seven weeks of fighting on Aug. 26 with a long-term ceasefire agreement in which Israel agreed to ease its siege on the coastal enclave and immediately expand the fishing zone off its coast.
Further negotiations regarding other key unresolved issues were to take place in Egypt a month later.
Less than two weeks after the declaration of the ceasefire, there have been widespread reports that the fishing zone has not been increased as promised, with at least two instances of Palestinian fishermen claiming to have been fired upon by Israeli forces well within the newly-imposed six-mile limit.
Israel has severely limited Gaza's imports and exports since 2006, also imposing a no-go buffer zone ranging from 500 to 1,500 meters from the border, an area encompassing 17 percent of Gaza's total land.
The siege has led to frequent humanitarian crises for Gazans, and the UN and various human rights groups have repeatedly called on Israel to lift it.
Lifting the blockade was Palestinian factions' chief demand in negotiations to end the fighting, which left over 2,100 Palestinians dead, most of them civilians, in addition to 71 Israelis, most of them soldiers.
DFLP leader Qais Abd al-Karim, a member of the Palestinian negotiations delegation, told Ma'an that negotiations regarding Gaza in the aftermath of the Israeli assault were expected to continue on Sept. 20 or 21.
The negotiations will focus on the entry of construction material into the Gaza Strip, as Israel has not yet implemented an agreement to ease the siege and allow building supplies in, Abd al-Karim said.
A more specific agenda for the meeting will be agreed upon as soon as the Palestinian delegation arrives in Cairo, he added. There is no set end date for the negotiations.
On Monday, Israel's Channel 10 TV said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not send a delegation to Egypt for further talks.
Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip ended over seven weeks of fighting on Aug. 26 with a long-term ceasefire agreement in which Israel agreed to ease its siege on the coastal enclave and immediately expand the fishing zone off its coast.
Further negotiations regarding other key unresolved issues were to take place in Egypt a month later.
Less than two weeks after the declaration of the ceasefire, there have been widespread reports that the fishing zone has not been increased as promised, with at least two instances of Palestinian fishermen claiming to have been fired upon by Israeli forces well within the newly-imposed six-mile limit.
Israel has severely limited Gaza's imports and exports since 2006, also imposing a no-go buffer zone ranging from 500 to 1,500 meters from the border, an area encompassing 17 percent of Gaza's total land.
The siege has led to frequent humanitarian crises for Gazans, and the UN and various human rights groups have repeatedly called on Israel to lift it.
Lifting the blockade was Palestinian factions' chief demand in negotiations to end the fighting, which left over 2,100 Palestinians dead, most of them civilians, in addition to 71 Israelis, most of them soldiers.
