Thursday, December 7, 2006;
Mastermind of 2002 Netanya Hotel Bombing on Hamas List for Prisoner Exchange, By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel (Haaretz, AP)
For context, click here, here and here for this blog’s posts regarding possible prisoner releases in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
“Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has hinted recently that he would agree to the release of some prisoners who had been involved in attacks that claimed the lives of Israelis.”
Excerpts;
Hamas has recently prepared a list of leading Palestinians held in Israeli prisons that the organization will demand in a possible deal for the exchange of abducted Israel Defense Force soldier Gilad Shalit.