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Israel likely to ‘agree to some kind of prisoner exchange’, says analyst

Hamas continues to review the plan to swap captives for Palestinian prisoners and pause Israel’s attack on Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“I think because of the amount of pressure on the government from the Israeli public […] the government will agree to some kind of prisoner exchange,” said Israela Oron of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

“Netanyahu is trying to prepare his coalition for this hostage deal,” she said.

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