After a ten-year break, rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have reached a reconciliation agreement. Under the deal, administrative control of Gaza will be handed to a Fatah-led unity government. Egypt brokered the talks – seen as a major breakthrough.

CGTN’s Adel El Mahrouky has more from Cairo.

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Hope for a solution to the Palestinian Crisis reemerged once again from Cairo.

Hamas and Fatah, the biggest two Palestinian factions said they will commit to make a reconciliation government succeed in taking full authority over both the Gaza strip and the West Bank.

Azzam al-Ahmed, Head of Fatah delegation said:

“Everything has been scheduled, a firm deadline has been agreed upon for every step. President Abo Mazen has told us not to return without a comprehensive agreement. We must fold the division page forever to unify the efforts of all Palestinians to achieve the Palestinian dream.”

“We are ready and prepared to do what it takes to put a permanent end to the reconciliation Issue. To focus our efforts against the Zionist project that is trying to diminish our rights. And to achieve the aspirations of our Palestinian people for a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” Salah al-Arouri, head of the Hamas delegation and deputy chief said.

The Egyptian Intelligence bureau brokered this deal. And it’s been assigned the duty to follow up the implementation of this new agreement.

Hamas said that the reconciliation government will be allowed to spread its security troops in Gaza and that the Palestinian Presidential Guard will take control of the Strip’s passages with Egypt and Israel, that should be relief to both countries.

Egypt will host another meeting on Nov. 21, that will include all Palestinian factions in the 2011 Cairo agreement, to give this new deal national legitimacy among all powers in Gaza and the West Bank.