Masri: Shalit would not be the last Israeli captive

Masri: Shalit would not be the last Israeli captive

[ 08/05/2010 - 07:30 AM ]

RAFAH, (PIC)-- Secretary of Hamas's parliamentary bloc Mushir Al-Masri affirmed in Rafah on Friday night that the recent spate of punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails would not influence Hamas's decision in the prisoners' exchange deal.

Masri, in a ceremony organized by the higher national committee to support prisoners for relatives of old-serving prisoners, said that Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit would never enjoy his freedom until all prisoners on the list tabled by Hamas were released from Israeli jails.

He said that Shalit would not be the last captive to be captured by Palestinian resistance, vowing that Hamas and its armed wing the Qassam Brigades would continue to seek the release of all Palestinian prisoners.

The MP criticized, in this respect, the security militias, loyal to former PA chief Mahmuod Abbas, for detaining tens of liberated prisoners who had sacrificed their freedom for the sake of the Palestinian people's cause.

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