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Israel provided Hamas with list of names for prisoner swap: Report

The Times of Israel, citing the Saudi broadcaster al-Hadath, reports that Israel has sent Hamas a list of names of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be swapped for captives in Gaza in a ceasefire deal.

Some of the prisoners are serving life sentences, al-Hadath said, but added that the highly-coveted prisoner Marwan Barghouti is not among them.

A deal could be announced late on Monday or Tuesday, the report noted, but it would not go into effect before 22 January - two days after the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.