The military spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, announced the rescue of an Israeli prisoner who attempted suicide in light of the Israeli government's intransigence to reach a prisoner exchange deal.

The military spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, Abu Hamza, said in a series of posts on the Telegram platform, today, Thursday, that a medical team dealt with a suicide attempt by an Israeli prisoner three days ago in one of the Brigades’ security groups.

He added that the medical team "succeeded in saving the life of the prisoner who attempted suicide due to his psychological state, after the Israeli government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, set new conditions that led to the failure and delay of negotiations for his release."

He stated that the prisoner was scheduled to be released as part of the group of prisoners who met the conditions and criteria of the first phase of the exchange deal. He said, "As a result of this incident, the Al-Quds Brigades decided to tighten the security and safety measures for the prisoners."

Abu Hamza did not mention the prisoner's identity or how he attempted suicide.

Yesterday evening, Wednesday, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (“Kan 11”) referred to “understandings” between Israel and Hamas regarding the exchange deal, during which it was decided to “postpone discussion of the controversial issues in the negotiations until the second stage of the agreement.”

"Kan 11" reported that "there are many points of contention between Israel and Hamas within the negotiations, most notably the list of hostages (prisoners in Gaza) expected to be released, which Israel insists on obtaining."

She added that "Hamas rejects Israel's request to provide a list of the names of the living hostages, however, there are understandings reached between Israel and the movement through mediators," and claimed that "one of the understandings is to transfer all the disputed issues to the discussions in the second phase of the deal."

Since the prisoner exchange as part of the only ceasefire in late November 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has occasionally claimed progress in the negotiations, while stressing that he is determined to continue the war on Gaza.

The Authority quoted Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations between Israel and Hamas as saying: "The agreement is almost ready, and the obstacles can be overcome." It claimed that Hamas "does not oppose completing the deal in two stages."