Hamas will deliver to the German mediator its final response to Israel’s offer for a prisoner exchange within days, the group’s political leader Khaled Meshal said on Sunday.
Hamas has demanded that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails be freed in exchange for Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Gaza militants in 2006 cross-border raid.
During an official visit to Qatar, Meshal denied reports that Syria had pressured Hamas into reaching a reconciliation agreement with rival Palestinian movement Fatah, as long as it did not do so on Egyptian soil.
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