Cairo: A temporary ceasefire in Gaza has `collapsed` after a deadline passed with no agreement to extend a truce and Israel and Hamas resumed hostilities, a senior Palestinian official has said.
"The ceasefire has collapsed and Israel is responsible," said Azzam al-Ahmed, the head of a joint-Palestinian delegation in Cairo participating in indirect negotiations with Israel.
"We are leaving tomorrow, but we have not pulled out of negotiations," he told AFP yesterday, adding the Palestinians were waiting for Israel to respond to their truce proposal.
"We will not come back (to Cairo) until the Israel responds," he said.
Ahmed, an aide of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, heads the delegation that includes senior Hamas officials.
One of the Hamas officials, Ezzat al-Rishq, warned Israel "will not enjoy security so long as the Palestinian people do not."
