`“Israel”` given detainee list for detainee swap
Source: Al-Manar TV, 8-4-2007
An "Israeli" occupation senior official said on Sunday that `"Israel"` has received a list of names of detainees the Palestinians want freed in exchange for a soldier captured by Gaza fighters last June.
`"Israel"` refers to prisoners with "blood on their hands" as anyone who has carried out or helped plan the killing of "Israeli" occupation soldiers or settlers.
Shalit was captured on June 25 by Palestinian fighters, including members of the armed wing of the ruling Islamic resistance of Hamas movement.
The list was handed to `"Israel"` by Egyptian officials who have been mediating efforts to hammer out a deal in recent months, the official said.
On Saturday, Palestinian information minister Mustafa al-Barghuti said that a list of detainees has been transferred to `"Israel"`. An Egyptian delegation "has informed the Palestinian government that the procedure for an exchange has started," Barghuti told a news conference in Ramallah.
"The Egyptians have transmitted a list of names of Palestinian detainees who must be freed. Everything that has been demanded on the Palestinian side has been transmitted; the ball is now in the "Israeli" camp."
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