Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared on Friday that “today we are freeing our prisoners and tomorrow, al-Aksa.”During a sermon in a Gaza Strip mosque, Haniyeh said the Gaza Strip had payed a heavy price for the kidnapping of Gilad Schalit – which was done to help “the heroes in prison.”RELATED:Gilad Schalit expected back in Israel on Tuesday Mashaal discusses prisoner swap with Egypt's intel chief console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }The Hamas leadership met with the leadership of other Palestinian factions on Saturday to brief them on details of the exchange. The briefings also included plans the group has for receiving the released prisoners once they arrive in Gaza, Israel Radio reported.Among its preparations, the report added, senior Hamas officials have been visiting the families of prisoners to inform them.According to a report published Saturday in London-based pan-Arab daily Al- Hayat, despite the success in coming to terms on a swap, agreement was not reached on all points in negotiations between the two sides.
One of Hamas’s requests, to which Israel only partially agreed, was that it not target the newly released prisoners. Instead, Israel agreed it would target them if they renewed their terrorist activity.Hamas is also unwilling to agree to stop attacking Israelis, Al-Hayat reported. The group pledged Schalit would not be the last Israeli it would kidnap.
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