Netanyahu introduces new conditions for potential prisoner exchange deal

Palestine

Published: 2024-08-04 21:43

Last Updated: 2024-08-04 21:46


“Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a weekly cabinet meeting at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv. (File photo: Abir Sultan/Reuters)
“Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a weekly cabinet meeting at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv. (File photo: Abir Sultan/Reuters)

“Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has introduced new conditions that may complicate the potential ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal, according to Hebrew Channel 13.

Netanyahu has instructed the negotiating delegation to demand the deportation and identification of all Palestinian prisoners to be released under the deal, deviating from the original plan.

However, his office indicated that "there is no change in the final outlines agreed upon" regarding the deal.

Netanyahu claimed that “Israel's” reach extends to Gaza, Yemen, Beirut, and beyond, wherever necessary.

"Iran and its partners are trying to encircle us from all directions,” he added.