Senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Az-Zahar said on Thursday that there are intermediaries operating with Gaza on the prisoner exchange issue and the humanitarian issue, according to the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation.
In an interview with Hamas's Al-Risala website, Az-Zahar said, "Any talk about a deal depends on the release of prisoners of the Schalit deal who were re-incarcerated and a commitment not to arrest them again. There were those who tried to circumvent this, but we rejected it."