Hamas stressed that the only way to release prisoners is to halt the aggression, return to negotiations, and implement the agreement, away from failed political maneuvering.

This came in a statement she made on Friday morning, following statements by the head of the Shin Bet security service, who revealed Netanyahu's deliberate manipulation of the negotiations and his efforts to sabotage any agreement, then obstruct it once it is reached, for his own political purposes.

Hamas said: "These confessions from within the occupation leadership confirm that Netanyahu was and remains the real obstacle to any exchange deal."

She added, "Netanyahu's attempts to exclude influential security figures from the negotiations reflect his internal crisis and the deepening trust deficit between him and his security establishment, and reveal his lack of seriousness about reaching a real agreement."

Hamas noted that the Shin Bet chief's statements confirmed that Netanyahu sought to engineer formal negotiations to stall and buy time, without achieving tangible results.

She called on US officials to stop blaming Hamas for disrupting the agreements and to hold Netanyahu directly responsible for the continued suffering of the prisoners and their families.

Hamas holds the criminal Netanyahu and his extremist government fully responsible for prolonging the suffering of their prisoners and families.