CAIRO (PIC)-- Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashal met noon Monday with the Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID) Murad Muwafi and several other intelligence officials.

Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Resheq told the PIC that the parties discussed the situation and developments in Palestine and ways to enhance the people's survival as well as the regional situation.
He said Mashal was accompanied by Dr. Moussa Abu Marzouk, Mohammed Nasr and himself, during this meeting.
A high-profile Hamas delegation landed in Egyptian capital Cairo Sunday night to meet with officials ahead of signing a monumental deal to reconcile with Fatah, which rules the West Bank.
Call for end to political arrests
Meanwhile, Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya has called for a halt on West Bank political arrests as the national rift is about to end in national reconciliation.
Haneyya reiterated while meeting with several newspaper editors and TV stations in the Gaza Strip on Monday that the government in Gaza is willing to pave the way for reconciliation and urged all factions to sign the deal.
The premier also called on the PLO to retract its recognition of Israel and aid the resistance movement.
The statements came as Palestinian Authority security agencies continue an arrest campaign targeting Hamas's men in the West Bank.
Chief security officials in the West Bank have openly rejected the reconciliation deal and vowed to continue arresting Hamas's men.
Several men were summoned Monday for questioning in Nablus in the north. Two were arrested in Nablus and Bethlehem including a university lecturer.
Both of the men were previously detained by Israeli security services.
Separately, in Al-Khalil, PA security militias released journalist Ahmed Mohammed Halaika from Shuyoukh hours after was arrested during an interrogation.
Fatah and Hamas struck a deal on last Wednesday to form an interim unity government and fix a date for general election.
The deal took many officials by surprise because of profound Fatah-Hamas divisions over how to resolve generations of conflict with Israel.