The Israeli government turned down an offer by the Hamas terror group for a limited prisoner exchange instead of a comprehensive agreement, Yediot Achronot reported on Wednesday.
After announcing that Israeli captive Hisham al-Sayed is ill and issuing a video as proof, Hamas offered Israel via Egyptian intermediaries an urgent humanitarian prisoner exchange of al-Sayed for all ailing Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
According to the report, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid view the publication of the video as a desperate attempt by Hamas to revive stalled prisoner swap talks with Israel. If al-Sayed is truly ill, as the terror group claims, it is also an attempt to shift the responsibility for his health to Israel.
Israel is only interested in a deal that also includes the release of Avera Mengistu and the return of the remains of fallen IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, the report added.
(YWN Israel Desk Jerusalem)
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he isn’t a JEW……very complicated truly complicated….you can’t trade with evil and therefore and sadly this non jew will be held hostage for a shorter time unless the goyem involve themselves, not going to happen without Hollywood, Hunter Biden and his lame duck DAD
Where is the UN? Mum because it’s an Israeli!!! A totally UNnecessary, UNreliable, UN ethical, UNhumanitarian NON-organization. A useless waste of money.