Zahhar denies reports on new prisoner swap deal

Mahmoud al-Zahhar, member of Hamas’s political bureau, denied reports issued by al-Masri al-Youm Egyptian newspaper on his behalf regarding a new prisoner swap deal and alleged dispute with al-Qassam Brigades.

Zahhar said, in a press statement on Wednesday which was published on Hamas’s official website, that what was reported in the Egyptian newspaper on internal elections was untrue.

He said that he did not make any of these statements.

The Hamas senior official, Zahhar, slammed the Egyptian newspaper for such allegations and called for pursuing accuracy and credibility in publishing news.