Qatar mediating 'urgent prisoner swap' between Hamas, Israel
Qatar is mediating an urgent prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, a Hamas source said.
"With U.S. support, Qatar is seeking to accomplish an urgent agreement that would lead to the release of Israeli women captured by Hamas (during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) in exchange for Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli prisons," the source, who wished to remain anonymous, told Chinese news agency Xinhua.
Hamas has informed Qatar that it would agree to the prisoner swap if all the 36 Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli jails would be released, according to the source.
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