Hamas Sends Hundreds of Fighters to Egyptian Border in Effort to Ease Ties With Cairo

The Jerusalem Post reports: Islamic fundamentalist organization Hamas has been building up its security apparatus near the Egyptian and Israeli border in an attempt improve ties with Cairo, AFP reported Saturday.

After three years of cantankerous relations, the ruling power in the coastal enclave has signaled to Cairo its willingness to tackle security challenges plaguing the Sinai Peninsula by building military checkpoints and  sending hundreds of additional security forces to its southern border.

Ties between Hamas and Cairo quickly deteriorated in 2013 after the ouster of former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.