The heads of the Shin Bet and Egyptian intelligence discuss the Gaza file and the second phase.

On Sunday, Israeli Shin Bet chief David Zini held talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad regarding the Gaza Strip file and the second phase of the ceasefire agreement during his visit to the capital, Cairo.

The agency, citing an unnamed informed source, indicated that Zini visited Egypt on Sunday and met with the head of Egyptian intelligence, marking his first foreign visit since taking office last October.

It noted that the meeting addressed the Gaza file and discussions on the second phase of the ceasefire deal, while no additional details were provided regarding the content of the talks or the outcomes of the visit.

No comment has been issued by the Egyptian side regarding what the Hebrew broadcasting agency reported, while a delegation from Hamas discussed on November 23 with the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence in Cairo the developments of the ceasefire agreement and the situation in Gaza, including the second phase of the agreement.

The Israeli occupation conditions the start of negotiations to implement the second phase of the ceasefire agreement on receiving all the bodies of the prisoners, claiming that the remains of two prisoners are still in Gaza.

In statements on Sunday, Hamas leader Hussam Badran emphasized that the occupation uses the bodies as an excuse not to fulfill its commitments, pointing out that "in numbers, the resistance has only two bodies left, one of which is Israeli and the other is of a foreign worker, but the occupation, with its usual racism, only talks about the Israeli body."

Badran noted that the Al-Qassam Brigades are making daily efforts in cooperation with the Red Cross and with the mediation of intermediaries to reach the body, thus there is no obstruction from Hamas in implementing what was agreed upon in the first phase of the agreement.

He added: "Before discussing the second phase of the agreement, what is required from the entire world, especially the U.S. administration, and anyone who cares about the stability of the region, is to compel the occupation first to implement what was agreed upon in the first phase."