Israel reportedly demands ceasefire and reconstruction discussions include negotiations on return of captives; Egyptian intelligence head to visit Israel Sunday for talks with PM

Hamas said to threaten renewed fighting over any change to 'status quo,' reject proposed condition of releasing captives in exchange for Strip's reconstruction

Khaled Mashaal says Israel will have to meet Palestinian terror group's demands 'when we hold an Israeli soldier'

Senior official in terror group tells Lebanese paper Jerusalem was prepared to release 'hundreds of Palestinians' in exchange for captive civilians, soldiers' remains held in Gaza

Derech Eretz MK Zvi Hauser, who leads the powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, calls proposed deal that would release Palestinian security prisoners 'outrageous'

Ethiopia-born Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shato arrives with flight, greeted with fanfare at airport, as plan to bring 2,000 kicks off, with thousands more still waiting

Ismail Haniyeh says Cairo also involved in reconciliation talks, discussions ongoing over Rafah border crossing

On anniversary of Avera Mengistu crossing into Hamas-controlled territory, siblings say state will only act when it sees widespread support for his release

Previous Israeli policy was only to keep bodies of Hamas terrorists for a potential prisoner exchange, and new guidelines may be susceptible to legal challenge

Dampening prospects of swap, Palestinian terror group demands Israel free some 50 terror convicts released in 2011 and arrested 3 years later