Hamas: We’ll not hand over the Israeli prisoners except with a real deal
The acting head of Hamas in the West Bank, Zaher Jabarin, confirmed that Hamas won’t hand over its Israeli prisoners “except with a real deal”.
This came in statements by Hamas on its account on Telegram, Wednesday.
Jabarin said, “The Zionist occupied West Bank and Jerusalem are in the heart of the al Aqsa flood,” calling on “the West Bank’s resistance to strike the oppressive nests of the Zionist occupation in every place and time”.
He added that Hamas had submitted its response to the mediators, adding that it wouldn’t hand over “the Zionist occupation’s prisoners except through a real deal”.
He continued: “If the Zionist occupation wants to know the fate of its prisoners and take the rest of them alive, it must be serious in the negotiations and stay away from Benjamin Netanyahu’s tricks and political calculations that disrupt the negotiations”.
Last Saturday, Hamas announced that it had submitted its response to the mediators in Egypt and Qatar regarding the ceasefire proposal with Israel.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office considered that Hamas responded negatively to the broad outlines presented to it by the mediators.
Hamas didn’t reveal the content of its response, but it renewed its adherence to its demands and the national demands of its people for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation army from the entire Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced to their areas, intensification of the entry of relief and aid, and the start of reconstruction.
It confirmed its readiness to conclude a serious and real prisoner exchange deal between the two sides.
