Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday said talks to broker a ceasefire agreement with Israel are not failed, adding it may send a delegation to Egypt to talk more on this issue.

Hamas had earlier said that it will give its final response to an Israeli offer for ceasefire by Sunday, but its spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said several Hamas officials may visit Cairo Sunday to receive responses to questions Hamas sent to Israel earlier via the Egyptian mediators.

During the ongoing ceasefire talks, Hamas insists on having commercial crossing points into Gaza Strip open for all goods and commodities the residents need, especially the raw and construction materials.

According to Barhoum, Hamas delegation to Cairo will work to get guarantees on the opening of the cargo crossings and will discuss an Israeli proposal that 20 percent of the list of materials will be banned from entering Gaza if an agreement on the crossings is reached.

Israel says the crossings can not fully open as long as Hamas keeps holding Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier kidnapped in 2006.

The closure on Gaza Strip took effect in June 2007 after Hamas seized control of the coastal territory from security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Egypt had brokered a six-month ceasefire last June, but after the end of ceasefire, Israel launched an unprecedented offensive on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on December 27, killing more than 1,300 Palestinians.

Israel cites the absence of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) role on the crossings to keep restrictions on the flow of cargo.

Meanwhile, Hamas denied reports that it had received a proposal for joint Turkish and French mandate on the crossings as the third party.

(Xinhua News Agency February 8, 2009)