Cairo - An official Palestinian delegation is travelling to Egypt to apologise to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher, who was assaulted on Monday by shoe-throwing Palestinians on Temple Mount during his visit to Israel, al-Jazeera television reported on Tuesday.

Maher was attacked by Palestinians in the al-Aqsa mosque, among the holiest of Islamic sites. Although uninjured, the minister suffered a fainting spell as his bodyguards attempted to extricate him from a crush of people.

The Qatar-based satellite television station said the delegation would travel from Rafah. - Sapa-DPA