As part of ongoing peace talks, Hamas has demanded from Israel the release of several high-profile militants serving significant prison sentences, including senior Hamas commanders, Israeli security sources told Euronews.

The sources said that freeing them represents a “red line” for Israel, stating that Hamas “insisting on these names will guarantee war and no deal”.

The list, as seen by Euronews, features four prominent names: Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa'adat, Hassan Salameh and Abbas al-Sayed.

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Barghouti is a senior Fatah leader arrested by Israel in 2002 and sentenced to five life terms for murder related to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades attacks.

Sa'adat, previously general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pal

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