Sky News Arabia reported that Hamas, in the negotiations of the exchange deal, strongly demanded the release of Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti and leaders of other Palestinian factions, as part of the first phase of the exchange deal.

The sources indicated that Hamas’s demand was accepted and supported by the mediators and the American side calling for the idea of ??renewed authority, as Marwan Barghouti represents the national movement and enjoys wide popular acceptance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

She added that Hamas’s demand to release Barghouti came from the movement’s conviction that it was unable to return to power in Gaza, and it considers Barghouti to be the closest and safest to it as an umbrella for power in Gaza.

Last February, reports indicated that Marwan Barghouti’s name was raised in the ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel.

Source: Maan News Agency