Ahmed Bahar, deputy chairman of the Palestinian parliament and a senior member of the Hamas leadership in Gaza, said on Sunday that the Palestinian “resistance groups” would not approve any prisoner exchange deal with Israel before terrorists who were freed in the Shalit deal and were rearrested by Israel are released from Israeli prisons.
Bahar's remarks were made in a speech he gave at an event organized by the Al-Ahrar movement in Gaza. The Al-Ahrar movement split 11 years ago from Fatah and is now identified as a Hamas ally.
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