Hamas head in Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar revealed secret rounds around the prisoner exchange deal, warning about a complete closure to the file.

In his speech on the 35th Hamas Launch Festival in Gaza City, Sinwar said: "We ran secret rounds recently before the elections at the occupation and our demands were clear, which were to release the prisoners of the Shalit deal, the female prisoners, the children and the sick, headed by the prisoner, commander Nasser Abu Hamid and the prisoner,  Commander Walid Daqaa. In Addition to the two bodies detained in exchange with Mengestuo and Al Sayyad and two black boxes, either bodies or alive

Sinwar added that: “We give the occupation a limited period of time to complete the prisoner deal or otherwise we will close the file completely and find another way to free our prisoners." He continued : "We are ready to work cooperatively to defend Al-Aqsa and Al-Quds.