The Israel It seems that he does not intend to release the prominent Palestinian leader Marouan Bargouti in the context of the ceasefire agreement on the fire for the Gauze.
Indeed, sources close to Bargouti say that the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unilaterally removed his name from the Palestinian prisoner exchange list with the Israeli hostages as part of the agreed truce.
A source near the prominent Palestinian prisoner and his family who spoke to Middle East Eye, said that on Wednesday night (08.10.2025) the mediators, including American envoy Steve Witkov, signed a list of prisoners.
However, today Thursday, Israeli government spokesman Sos Bentrosyan told reporters that the Palestinian leader would not be included in the current lists. “I can tell you that at the moment it will not be part of this release,” he said.
According to a source in the Bargouti family, his name is said to have been unilaterally removed from the Israeli Prime Minister’s office.
Ahmed Saadat, the leader of the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine, Hassan Salama, a Hamas senior official, and Abnotylah Bargouti, a Hamas leader who has nothing to do with Marouuan’s co -existence.
The negotiators are pushing for their reinstatement of their names, while a Hamas source who spoke to Al Jazeera Arabic said the mediators continue their “intensive efforts” to finalize prisoners’ lists in the coming hours.
The source said Hamas was conducting a national dialogue with other Palestinian factions in order to present a single position in Israel on prisoners’ lists.
Earlier, Israel and Hamas agreed in indirect conversations that the 48 hostages held by fighters in Gaza would be released for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Because Israel does not want to release Marouan Bargouti
The liberation of Marouan Bargouti is considered a “red line” for Israeli, far -right Minister of National Security Italian Ben Gvir, who could endanger the Benjamin Netanyahu government if he withdraws his MPs.
Indeed, last August, Ben Gvir had visited Bargouti in prison and was recorded in a video threatening that Israel would “kill” anyone who opposes him.
It was the first time that Bargouti, who looked old and weak, appeared publicly after years.
In the video, Ben Gvir seems to say to Bargouti: “Anyone who puts them with the people of Israel, who kill our children, who murdered our wives, will eliminate him. You won’t beat us. “
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According to Mee, Bargouti’s wife remains in Cairo and puts pressure on negotiators to ensure that her husband is included in the exchange of prisoners.
Bargouti has been in prison since 2004 and isolated since the start of the Israeli war in Gaza in October 2023.
As a high-ranking executive of Fatah, the party dominated by the Palestinian Authority (PA), Israel’s target because of its leadership role in the second Infanant of 2000-2005 and its popularity in the public.
Polls show that the 66 -year -old Bargouti would be a sure winner in the Palestinian presidential election if elections were held and could run.
It is regarded as a unifying personality, despite being identified with Fatah, which is linked to the extremely anti -memoir Palestinian principle.
As Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim explains, Bargouti is a popular, popular personality “who climbed to the top and is regarded by many Palestinians as someone who [εκπροσωπεί] the unity … [και] Palestinian expectations for liberation from the possession and creation of an independent state. “
‘But the fact that [εκπροσωπεί] The Palestinian community, that it unites the Palestinians, is the same reason why Israel still veto in its name and does not want to be released, “he explained.
He also added that Bargouti was compared to Nelson Mandela, gathering support from around the world. “It is not only known to the Palestinians, but also to those who support the Palestinian struggle and the Palestinian demand for freedom,” he said.