 Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari was quoted in the Saudi Arabian newspaper "Al-Hayat" as confirming that the prisoners released under the deal were collectively responsible for the killing of 569 Israelis.The agreement came five years and four months after Palestinian militants captured Shalit in southern Israel along the Gaza Strip border.The deal, brokered by Mossad official David Meidan through a secret back channel run by Dr. Gershon Baskin and Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Ghazi Hamad authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on one side and Ahmed Jabari, head of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on the other side.