Today, Sunday, private sources told Al Mayadeen that Hamas conveyed a strongly-worded message to the Egyptian delegation in Gaza about the occupation's assault on female prisoners in the occupation's prisons.

The sources added that "The Egyptians conveyed the occupation's response to the exchange deal and "Tel Aviv"'s continued evasion of it," adding that "the Egyptian delegation will return to "Tel Aviv" on Monday evening to deliver Hamas' opinion."

As for the issue of reconstruction efforts, the sources indicated that the movement expressed its objection to Egypt's delay in reconstructing Gaza and justified it by the occupation's rejection of the steps, in an attempt to coerce Hamas into settling for fewer demands regarding the prisoners' exchange deal.

Earlier today, an Egyptian security delegation arrived in Gaza to hold talks with Hamas' leadership and the Palestinian factions on the issues of de-escalation and reconstruction.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that the Egyptian delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Beit Hanoun Crossing. 

Egypt delays commitment to Gaza 

Sources told Al Mayadeen on December 6, 2021, that the Egyptians did not respond to the comprehensive document recently submitted by Hamas to Cairo, and that there was a deliberate delay in the implementation of the reconstruction process of the Gaza Strip.

The sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that the Egyptians are deliberately procrastinating implementing their commitments towards the Gaza Strip and that Hamas and other factions have set a deadline until the end of the year for implementation of the reconstruction process.

An agreement took place between the Palestinian factions on gradual pressure and escalation against the Israeli occupation to expedite the reconstruction process, the sources mentioned.

According to the sources, Egypt refused the travel of a large Hamas delegation that was scheduled to visit Cairo last November.