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(IsraelNN.com) The Hamas terrorist organization appears to be getting impatient over negotiations for the freedom of kidnapped IDF Sgt. Gilad Shalit. According to a report published Sunday in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas, deputy politburo head Moussa Abu Marzouk said Hamas is willing to exchange Shalit in a swap for 350 Palestinian Authority terrorist prisoners. He also warned, however, that if Israel does not free the prisoners of Hamas’s choosing, the terrorists would “conduct negotiations over his bones.”

The threats began Saturday, when Hamas parliamentary lawmaker Mushir al Masri slammed Israel and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in exasperation over another failed round of Egyptian-brokered talks between the terrorists and Israel. “Shalit will never see the light of day, or his parents, if the Palestinian prisoners will not see theirs,” he said. “I want to turn to the Shalit family and say, ‘Olmert and his associates are gambling with your son’s life.’ “