In His First Foreign Visit: The Head of the Shin Bet Discusses the Second Phase of the Gaza Agreement in Cairo

SadaNews - The head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet), David Zini, visited Cairo in his first foreign trip to discuss the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

This was reported by Israeli media on Sunday evening. It was noted that the visit to the Egyptian capital took place on the same Sunday.

The newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" reported on its website (Ynet) that the head of the Shin Bet visited Cairo and met with the head of Egyptian General Intelligence, General Hassan Rashad.

It added that "the two sides discussed the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza."

The Israeli public broadcasting agency (Kan 11) confirmed the same, indicating that "according to available information, this is Zini's first foreign visit since taking office."

According to the broadcasting agency's report, "the meeting addressed the Gaza file and the communications for the second phase of the agreement," citing an unnamed informed source.

The Shin Bet declined to comment to the broadcasting agency regarding the content of the report, stating that it "will not address the agenda of the head of the agency."

Zini had hosted Rashad during his visit to Israel on October 21st.

Israel conditions the start of negotiations to launch the second phase of the ceasefire agreement on receiving all the bodies of the prisoners, claiming that the remains of two prisoners still exist in Gaza, while Hamas asserts that it has delivered all twenty living Israeli prisoners and the remains of all 28 deceased prisoners.

On October 10th, a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Tel Aviv came into effect, ending the Israeli war that left over 70,000 martyrs and approximately 171,000 injured.

However, Israel has repeatedly violated the agreement, causing casualties among civilians, while Hamas announced its commitment to the terms and called on mediators to obligate Tel Aviv to implement them.