A new framework for negotiations and Israeli sources are optimistic about an exchange deal before Ramadan. Tel Aviv estimates the number of Israeli prisoners remaining with the resistance in the Gaza Strip at about 130, and it is likely that 30 of them were killed.
Last night, the Israeli police suppressed a demonstration in central Tel Aviv demanding the conclusion of a prisoner exchange agreement, under the pretext that it is illegal and disrupts public security. Israeli police arrested 18 demonstrators, including the organizer of a demonstration calling for the overthrow of Benjamin Netanyahu's government and holding early elections.