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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Talks over Palestinian prisoners to be freed are still ongoing, sources say
Negotiations over the list of Palestinian security prisoners to be released in exchange for the remaining 48 hostages are continuing, an Arab diplomat tells The Times of Israel, downplaying a statement issued moments ago by an Israeli government spokesperson who said that Marwan Barghouti would not be freed in the trade.
In addition, a senior Hamas official, whose name was not disclosed, tells the terror group’s Al-Aqsa TV that “negotiations regarding the lists of prisoners to be released are still ongoing,” apparently referring to Palestinian prisoners.
The official adds that the organization delivered its final response this morning to the mediators regarding the timeline of the agreement. He denies that Hamas had met directly with the Israeli delegation in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, amid footage broadcast last night on Egyptian channels that fueled Israeli claims of a first direct meeting between the two sides.
The Times of Israel Community.