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A high-ranking team from Egypt met with Israeli officials in Cairo to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza. Local media reported that the chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and a delegation from the Shin Bet security service attended the meeting. The meeting is part of intensive Egyptian efforts to revive negotiations for a ceasefire. Yesterday, high-ranking Egyptian security officials met with a delegation of Hamas leaders in Cairo to address the situation in the Gaza Strip and identify ways to achieve calm.