From: The Times of Israel December 14, 2024
Top US, Mideast envoys hold meetings on Gaza deal efforts and Syria’s future

terror convict Marwan Barghouti;
Biden aides discuss hostage deal with Egypt’s Sissi, as Israel said to refuse to free terror convict Marwan Barghouti;

The statement came as Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar quoted an unnamed Egyptian official as saying that Israel has objected to some of the names of Palestinian security prisoners Hamas seeks to release in exchange for hostages kidnapped on October 7, 2023 including popular Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti

Barghouti is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his part in planning three terror attacks that killed five Israelis during the Second Intifada