(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-12-24 21:26

GAZA -- Hamas, which is ruling the Gaza Strip, said Monday that there was no progress over the issue of captive Israeli w Gilad Shalit, who has been held by Palestinian militant groups since June 2006.

All the reports which say a swap to exchange the soldier for a number of Palestinian prisoners "were false fabrics by Israeli media," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoom said.

Meanwhile, Mushier al-Massri, a Hamas lawmaker, said any development on the soldier's issue was subject to the Israeli acceptance of conditions that the captors had outlined.

"An exchange of prisoners is the only option and Hamas conditions in this regard are clear," al-Massri said.

In June of 2006, Hamas' military wing, along with the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and the Army of Islam, kidnapped Shalit in a cross-border raid in southeast Gaza Strip.

The captors demand that Israel release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in addition to women, children, patients and leaders of factions in exchange for the soldier.