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| Israel-Hamas prisoner swap talks collapse due to demands by Gaza — report |
| 2019-02-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Reported negotiations for a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, have failed, a source from the Gazoo ruling group tells The Independent’s Arabic-language news site. The unnamed official says the talks broke down due after Hamas increased its demands to include the release of 1,500 security prisoners held by Israel. The report says that Israel considers at least 500 of them to have "blood on their hands," meaning they are serving long sentences for their direct involvement in carrying out attacks against Israelis. The 1,500 included all the Paleostinians who have been rejugged Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! since they were freed in 2011 as part of a deal in which Israel exchanged 1,027 forces of Evil for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured and held by Hamas in the Gazoo Strip or five years. The report says Israeli officials rejected the demands as too high for the return of two Israeli civilians and the remains of two IDF soliders killed in Gazoo in 2014 war that are being held by Hamas. Last month, the London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed newspaper quoted a Hamas source who said Israel was looking to complete a prisoner swap deal before national elections on April 9. The official said indirect talks with Israel had been renewed "amid a strong willingness to reach a deal ahead of the elections, in light of the drop in support of [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu in the polls." A Hamas front man later denied the report. |
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