GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal is set to visit Cairo on Thursday to discuss the reconciliation process and bilateral relations with Egypt, officials said Thursday.

"Mashaal's visit will discuss the Palestinian reconciliation with the Egyptian side and ways to reactivate it in real life, and perhaps implement it immediately, especially given that a lot is based on the implementation," Mustafa al-Sawwaf, a political analyst, told Ma'an.

A Hamas delegation to the Egyptian capital will include Izzat al-Rishq, Muhammad Naser, Sami Khater and Nizar Awad, a Hamas statement said.

The reconciliation agreement, signed in May 2011, came unstuck as parties sparred for months over its implementation. President Mahmoud Abbas described the deal as "frozen" in late March.