CAIRO, (PIC)-- High-level Egyptian sources said that the release of senior Hamas official Mohamed Dababesh and the health minister's son Mohamed Naim happened following intensive contacts and top meetings between Hamas and Egyptian officials.
The sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the release of other Palestinian detainees in Egypt would take place gradually in accordance with specific mechanisms agreed upon between Hamas and Egyptian officials in Saudi Arabia.
He noted that Dababesh and Naim were both released after a meeting between Hamas political leader Khaled Mishaal and Egyptian intelligence director Omar Suleiman, adding other prisoners will be set free in the framework of the meetings held for the inter-Palestinian reconciliation in Cairo.
Another meeting in Cairo will be held soon between a delegation from Hamas and Egyptian officials after a delegation from Fatah finishes its meetings with Hamas leadership in Syria, the sources said.
For his part, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri affirmed that the Egyptian authorities released at noon Friday Dababesh who was arrested upon his return from a minor pilgrimage trip in Saudi Arabia, expressing hope that the Egyptian side would close the file of Palestinian detainees in its jails forever.
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