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Haniyeh: Israel must free prisoners for us to enter talks for exchange
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn an interview with the Gaza-based al-Araby TV network, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh gives a long list of demands that Israel must meet in order for the terror group to enter negotiations to release the two civilians and two soldiers’ bodies it is currently holding captive.
Haniyeh says that Israel must release all sick prisoners, child prisoners, elderly prisoners, female prisoners and prisoners who were released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange who Israel has since arrested on allegations of subsequent crimes.
“We are ready to start indirect negotiations with the occupation in order to complete a prisoner exchange deal,” Haniyeh says.
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