
Hamas less willing to negotiate hostage release after killing of top commander in Beirut, Qatar tells families
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Hostage negotiations with Hamas have become more difficult after the killing of top Hamas commander Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut last week, Qatar says.
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Prior to al-Arouri's killing, Hamas had expressed openness to exchanging 40 additional Israeli hostages for 120 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Israel rejected that and a prior deal that would have imposed a months-long cease-fire in the region.
Israel, the U.S., Qatar, Egypt and Hamas had continued negotiating, but apparently ran into difficulties when al-Arouri was killed on Jan. 2.
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