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Saleh Mohammed Suleiman al-Arouri was born in 1966 in the town of Arura, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. He joined Hamas after its founding in late 1987. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for forming the first cells of the Qassam Brigades. In 2007 he was released, but Israel rearrested him three months later for three years (until 2010), when the Israeli Supreme Court decided to release him and deport him from Palestine. On October 5, 2017 he was elected deputy head of Hamas' political bureau. Hamas said that al-Aruri's deputy was assassinated in an Israeli drone attack.
Israeli media: Hamas insists on the release of 3, including Marwan Barghouti. Yedioth Ahronoth saw the release as "capable of changing the face of the Palestinian Authority" Israel rejected the three leaders as part of the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal, which included the exchange of soldier Gilad Shalit for more than 1000,<> Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli government did not comment on this YediOTH AhronOTH report, regarding Hamas's insistence on releasing the three names.
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