DOHA, May 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Qatar will send a delegation to Cairo on Tuesday with a view to securing a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the country's foreign ministry said.

"The Qatari delegation will head to Cairo on Tuesday morning to resume indirect negotiations between the two parties," the ministry said in a statement, with the "hope that the talks will culminate in reaching an agreement for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza strip."