Published: 5 April 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Hamas denies reports of prisoner swap discussions with Israel (Times of Israel)
Terror group’s leaders say talks aren’t focused on long-term ceasefire, but rather stabilising 2014 truce, Hamas prisoners’ conditions, and status of Temple Mount
After 37 Years, body of soldier killed in 1982 war returned to Israel (Haaretz)
Zachary Baumel was one of three soldiers missing since the Sultan Yaaqub battle in 1982; army announcement comes a day before Netanyahu flies to visit Putin in Moscow
Report: Israel and Hamas negotiating prisoner exchange as part of long-term calm deal (Haaretz)
Al-Quds TV, which has ties to Hamas, says 'coming hours will be decisive'; Report has not been confirmed by Israel, and similar false claims have been made in the past
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'Israel goes easy on Hamas, harder on Abbas (Haaretz)
AMIRA HASS Promise to ease restrictions on Gaza means Israel has to forego its strategic aspiration to cut the Strip off from the rest of the country
Photo: A Palestinian Hamas police officer looks at a billboard bearing a portrait of slain Israeli soldier Oron Shaul in Gaza City on December 29, 2017. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
