Hamas says negotiations on hostages’ names continue

A senior Hamas official said negotiations over the lists of prisoners are still ongoing.

He added that mediators are continuing intensive efforts to finalise the prisoner lists in the coming hours.

He added that mediators are continuing intensive efforts to finalise the prisoner lists in the coming hours.

He confirmed that a national dialogue will be held with the factions to unify the position on Israel’s response to the resistance prisoners’ lists.

He said: “The movement handed its final response to the mediators this morning regarding the timelines for implementing the agreement.”

He indicated that the mediators’ final response includes the specified date for the commencement of the agreement to end the war.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that the list of prisoners to be released under the ceasefire agreement does not include prisoner Marwan Barghouti.

Barghouti is a member of Fatah’s Central Committee and one of the movement’s most prominent detained leaders in Israeli prisons. He has been held since April 2002 and is serving five life sentences plus 40 years, convicted of responsibility for attacks carried out by armed groups affiliated with Fatah that resulted in Israeli deaths and injuries.