GAZA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday said it has not yet responded to Egypt on a recent proposal aimed at restoring national Palestinian unity.

    "Hamas has not yet accepted the Egyptian proposal for reconciliation," Ayman Taha, a Hamas spokesman, told Xinhua.

    Taha comments were in response to reports that Hamas has dropped its reservations on the Egyptian document. Taha said his movement can not accept the offer "without adjustments."

    Demands for amendments by Hamas has delayed the declaration of the Palestinian agreement which Egypt had initially set on Oct. 25.

    Hamas' rival, President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, has agreed on the Egyptian plan which seeks political unity between the Gaza-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

    The proposal calls for holding elections in June 2010 after Hamas and Fatah take several steps to annul illegal measures that the two sides have made since Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and seized control of Gaza in 2007.

    Hamas awaits an Egyptian permission to send its leaders to Cairo and hand the Egyptian mediators the movement's notes on the proposal, Ismail Radwan, another Hamas spokesman, told reporters.

    A Hamas' delegation was scheduled to visit Egypt last Sunday but the visit has been canceled. Reports said that Egypt has put off Hamas' visit to express anger at the movement's continued delaying and calls for modifications.

    Since February, Egypt has hosted four rounds of inter-Palestinian dialogues but the rivals are still failing to reach a deal.

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