A delegation of the Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement headed by Mahmoud El Zahar arrived in Egypt on Sunday to take part in the sixth round of the Palestinian dialogue in Cairo.

Hamas delegation members also include Khalil El Haya, Nezar Awad Allah, Emad Elami, and Mohamed Nasr.

It is expected that the Hamas delegation and the delegation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement will hold later Sunday a meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman to prepare for the final inter-Palestinian round of talks in Cairo on July 5.

On Saturday, a Fatah delegation arrived in Egypt headed by Ahmed Qurei.

Fatah delegation includes Qurei, head of the Fatah delegation to the national dialogue, senior Fatah officials Nabil Shaath, Zakaria el-Agha, Azzam el-Ahmed, Samir el-Mashharawy and Maged Farag.

Earlier on Saturday, Egyptian authorities reopened Rafah crossing at the border with the Palestinian territory of Gaza Strip for stranded people at the two sides of the border, in addition to patients, students and other humanitarian cases.

Egypt and Israel sealed off their borders with Gaza Strip after Hamas seized the coastal territory in June 2007. Egypt used to open its borders on an irregular basis only for humanitarian cases.

(Xinhua News Agency June 29, 2009)