Hamas movement on Saturday denied reports about negotiations for a new prisoner exchange deal with Israel.
Member of Hamas’s Political Bureau Khalil al-Hayya in a brief statement denied what some Israeli media sources have reported about new prisoner swap talks between Hamas and Israel.
Al-Hayya said that such reports are aimed at deceiving the Israeli people.
Hamas refuses to start negotiations for a new prisoner swap deal before Israel releases over 50 Palestinian prisoners who were freed in the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar deal and re-arrested later.
Al-Qassam Brigades Hamas’s armed wing two years ago published photos of four Israeli soldiers held captive in Gaza and identified as Shaul Aron Hadar Golden Avera Mengistu and Hashim Badawi al-Sayyid saying that no further details will be revealed for free.
