Egyptian Foreign Minister Bader Abdelattay said on Monday that his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Cairo and joined talks on restarting ceasefire negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Bader Abdelattay said he wants, together with the Qataris, "to consolidate our existing common efforts in order to apply maximum pressure on the two sides to reach a deal as soon as possible."

A Hamas delegation, chaired by the group’s leader in Gaza Khalil al-Hayyah, has held talks with Egyptian and Qatari officials as part of efforts to revive the stalled negotiations.

Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that would still need Israel's approval, as Gaza's Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll from 22 months of war has passed 62,000.

Abdelattay said mediators have been “exerting extensive efforts” to reach a ceasefire.

He spoke in a joint news conference outside the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing along with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa.

The Egyptian minister said that mediators were working to revive a U.S. proposal for a 60-day ceasefire during which the warring parties will negotiate an end to the war.

He also said mediators are also open to discuss other ideas including the release of all hostages and an end of the war one go.

Two Arab officials told The Associated Press earlier this month that Egyptian and Qatari mediators were working on a new framework that includes the release of all hostages - dead and alive - in one go, in return for an end of the war and the withdrawal of Israeli forces out of Gaza.

The Egyptian official also said his government has been training Palestinian police forces to take over law enforcement efforts in post-war Gaza, and that the aim is to train 10,000 policemen, half of them from Gaza.

Abdelatty, meanwhile, urged Palestinian factions to end their domestic dispute and unite under the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the internationally recognized representative of Palestinian people.

He was apparently referring to the yearslong dispute between Hamas and Fatah.

The Egyptian foreign minister also lashed out at Israel, urging the international community to further pressure the Israeli government to allow unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to the starving Palestinians in Gaza.