According to the report, the deal seeks to establish a single administration to manage the reconstruction effort and provide basic services in Gaza.

Egypt hosted talks between the two Palestinian groups on Saturday to discuss the formation of a joint committee to run post-war Gaza.

The two major Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Fatah will hold reconciliation talks in the Chinese capital later this month.

The agreement was discussed during the recent meeting held between Rajoub and the head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haniyeh in the Qatari capital, Doha.

Fatah said in a statement yesterday that its delegation left for Algeria at the invitation of the North African state's leadership within the framework of joint coordination on challenges facing the Palestinian cause and strengthening national unity within the framework of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Wafa reported.