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A temporary truce could be reached in Gaza in time for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Egyptian security sources have said, as the enclave marks six months of brutal war that has left at least 33,175 people killed. With the presence of a Hamas delegation and CIA chief William Burns in Cairo, an agreement is “strongly approaching with the possibility that the announcement will be made from Cairo”, the sources told The New Arab’s Arabic-language site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. An Israeli delegation is also present in the Egyptian capital, with Mossad chief David Barnea reportedly involved in the neg…

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