Overview

• Hamas has submitted a list seeking the release of high-profile prisoners led by Marwan Barghouti as part of Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiations, according to recent reports.
• The list is reported to include Abdullah Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat, Hassan Salama and Abbas al-Sayyed, with some accounts also naming Ibrahim Hamed.
• Hamas has introduced late conditions reported to include freeing Nukhba operatives captured after Oct. 7, the return of leaders’ bodies, and guarantees of a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
• Israeli officials view the proposed prisoners as terrorist masterminds and point to the 2011 release of Yahya Sinwar as a cautionary precedent.
• Israel faces mounting pressure to recover the remaining 48 hostages from Oct. 7, with about 20 believed alive, as mediators work to prevent the talks from collapsing.