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Top Hamas member: Israel not making ‘actual’ efforts for prisoner swap
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael is not making “actual” efforts to achieve a prisoner swap deal with Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, a senior official in the terror groups says.
“They are not undertaking actual efforts,” Hayya tells Al-Jazeera, referring to what he described as Israel’s approach to a possible prisoner swap.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the government is making “unrelenting efforts” to return Israelis and the remains of Israeli soldiers believed to be held by Hamas, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
— Adam Rasgon
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