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The Israeli government has thus far rejected offers by Hamas for a prisoner exchange deal, and its senior ministers showed no sign of heeding the call of the hostages's relatives. Israel has in its jails more than 7,000 Palestinians.
The US has waived sanctions to allow the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian funds from South Korea to Qatar, which will monitor how Iran's clerical rulers will spend the funds to purchase humanitarian goods.
At the centre of the negotiations that forged the deal between the superpower Iran brands the 'Great Satan' and the Islamic Republic that Washington calls a state sponsor of terrorism is the tiny but politically significant state of Qatar.
The Houthi decision is not part of an upcoming large-scale prisoner exchange, said a source at the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is helping implement the deal.
Belgium's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, potentially paving the way for a swap between a Belgian aid worker imprisoned by Tehran and an Iranian diplomat jailed in Belgium on terrorism charges.
In 2011, Hamas and Israel implemented a prisoner exchange deal in which Israel released 1,027 Palestinian detainees, including prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, in return for Hamas freeing captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow hoped 'the interests of both parties' would be taken into account.
"However, the results of talks are still not positive, especially in light of the intransigence of the Israeli side in implementing the demands of the Hamas so far," the source noted.Â
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Sunday that there has been no progress in the prisoner swap deal with Israel.
The Palestinian National Prisoners' Movement has called on Hamas and other factions to ensure the release of Palestinian detainees in ongoing negotiations with Israel.