Hamas leader: 'On our way' to ending Israel blockade

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Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Tuesday that an end to Israel's more than decade-long blockade of Gaza was "around the corner", as talk of a possible truce deal intensifies.

Indirect negotiations between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel brokered by Egyptian and UN officials have reportedly included discussion on easing the blockade, but by no means a complete lifting of it.

Speaking to thousands of Palestinians during prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, Haniya did not directly address the possibility of a truce, mooted in Israeli and Palestinian media for weeks.

"Thanks to these marches and resistance, we are just around the corner from closing the page on this unjust blockade," he said.

"We are on our way to ending this unjust blockade of Gaza," he added.

He was referring to months of protests and clashes along the Gaza-Israel border, some of which have drawn a deadly response from the Israeli army.

Haniya said any agreement would come "with a national consensus and an Arab safety net in order to establish the necessary safeguards to implement what is agreed upon".

He seemed to refer to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's concerns over a truce that does not include his Palestinian Authority, based in the occupied West Bank.

Abbas's Fatah and Hamas have been deeply divided for more than a decade.

Two Palestinians were shot dead during border protests on Friday, bringing to 171 the number killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip since demonstrations began on March 30.

One Israeli soldier has been killed by a Palestinian sniper.

Israel accuses Hamas of being behind the protests and encouraging Gazans to attempt to breach the heavily guarded border fence. READ MORE