The Israeli prime minister’s office unilaterally removed Marwan Barghouti’s name from the prisoner exchange list at the last minute, endangering the Gaza ceasefire deal’s implementation, a source close to the prominent Palestinian prisoner told Middle East Eye.

Barghouti, who is the most popular Palestinian political figure according to polls, was one of the most valuable names to potentially be traded for the 48 Israeli captives in Gaza.

A source close to Barghouti and his family told MEE that last night mediators including US envoy Steve Witkoff signed off on a prisoner list that included Barghouti.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    I think they already have killed hostages (Israelis). I’m pretty sure it’s literally something they openly do.

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      5 days ago

      I’m not disputing that. In fact I’m taking it as a given and reasoning towards the implications.