Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of Hamas’s politburo, said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday that negotiations with Israel for further release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners have halted, and that there will be no further exchanges until Israel ends its war in Gaza.
Al-Arouri claimed that Hamas has released all the women and children it was holding as well as all the foreigners, and that the remaining hostages in its hands are all combatants and former combatants.
Israel says Gaza terrorists still hold 15 civilian women and two children taken hostage during the October 7 onslaught on southern Israel.
They are most likely hamburger meat from Israel’s psychotic bombing campaign.