Hamas says it's reached a deal with mediators for the release of Palestinian prisoners Israel refused to hand over last week. In exchange, the group says it will return the bodies of four more Israeli captives, earlier than agreed. Sami al-Arian, director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs at Istanbul Zaim University, has told Al Jazeera that throughout the first phase of the ceasefire deal, Netanyahu has been trying to find a justification to “resume his genocidal war”.