Hamas leader Osama al-Mzeini has denied Israeli media reports of new Israeli offers to release more terrorists in return for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. "The Hamas movement is still sticking to its conditions to free Shalit. We are not willing to make any more concessions. Instead we may raise the ceiling of our demands," said Al-Mzeini.

Hamas has claimed that Israel has jailed more terrorists since Shalit was abducted in June, 2006, by a gang made up of members of Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees and Army of Islam.