Hamas has condemned Israel for failing to release the seventh batch of Palestinian prisoners as part of the agreed exchange deal, calling it a “blatant violation” of the truce.
“The [Israeli] occupation’s failure to comply with the release of the seventh batch of prisoners in the exchange deal at the agreed-upon time constitutes a blatant violation of the agreement,” Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanou said in a statement.
He accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of engaging in “procrastination and stalling tactics” to undermine the agreement.
