Israel is reviewing a list of hundreds of Palestinians prisoners that captors of an Israeli soldier want to release, an official and media reports said Sunday.
There were conflicting reports on Cpl. Gilad Shalit's captors' demands. Some said the list contained close to 500 names, while others said there were over 1,000. A Palestinian close to the negotiations was told that among those on the list is a popular Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five consecutive life terms for his role in shooting attacks that killed four Israelis and a Greek monk.
Hamas-allied captors, who seized Shalit on June 25, handed the list to Egyptian mediators who delivered it to Israel in recent days, the AP reported.
Israel's Shin Bet security service is reviewing the list and will give its recommendations to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in coming days, the Yediot Ahronot daily newspaper reported Sunday.
Shalit's captors initially demanded the release of 1,400 Palestinian prisoners, including women, minors and dozens of the longest-serving inmates. Israel balked at freeing those involved in attacks the wounded or killed Israelis.
