From correspondents in Damascus March 26
HAMAS resumed indirect negotiations with Israel on Wednesday aimed at exchanging an Israeli soldier held by the group for Palestinians jailed by Israel, Hamas official Ali Barakeh said.
A delegation from Hamas is in Cairo to pursue a deal, he said.
"The contacts through Egypt with the Olmert government have resumed," Mr Barakeh said.
In Jerusalem Mark Regev, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said "There is nothing we can say on this issue at the moment".
The Egyptian-mediated negotiations broke down earlier this month when Mr Olmert rejected Hamas's demand that Israel free 1400 Palestinian prisoners, including about 450 long-serving inmates.
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