The head of Nour Party, Emad Eddin Abdel Ghaffour, arrived at the Rafah border crossing Saturday leading a delegation of Salafi leaders on their way to the Gaza Strip, security sources in North Sinai said.
Abdel Ghaffour will visit Gaza to discuss the alleged abduction of three Egyptian officers who disappeared after the breakout of Egypt's 25 January revolution. They are believed to have been kidnapped by Salafi-oriented Palestinian factions.
The delegation will be received by leaders from the Mujahideen Brigades, a Salafi Palestinian faction, and other Palestinian factions.
Palestinian sources said the three-day visit seeks to “bolster relations between Palestine and Egypt and break the siege which has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for five years.”
The delegation is also expected to visit martyrs' families and areas destroyed in Israeli raids on Gaza.
A delegation from the People’s Assembly’s Arab Affairs Committee, including members from the Salafi-led Nour Party, visited Gaza last month to express solidarity with Gaza residents.
