Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas's politburo, said, Wednesday, that the terror group will continue to its efforts to release Arab security prisoners held by Israel. Channel 10 cited Mashaal as telling an Eid Al-Fitre observance, "We will not rest until we see you free and with your familes."

Hamas has made the release of security prisoners a precondition for talks on the release of two Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza, as well as the bodies of two soldiers who were killed in Gaza in 2014.