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Sources: Hamas insisting 7 high-profile Palestinian terror convicts, including Barghouti, be freed in deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHamas insists that the list of security prisoners Israel is set to release under a Gaza ceasefire deal includes seven terror convicts regarded by Palestinians as senior leaders, sources close to negotiators tell AFP.
“Hamas insists that the final list include seven senior leaders, most notably Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Saadat, Ibrahim Hamed and Abbas Al-Sayyed,” a source says. Similar details are provided by a second source.
The first source also says Hamas and its allied terror groups have “completed all preparations” for handing over to Israel all the living hostages and some of the deceased ones held in Gaza.
Israel has ruled out releasing Barghouti or other high-profile inmates.
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