 On 17 January 2007, one of the captor groups, the Army of Islam headed by Mumtaz Dormush, claimed that Shalit was being held exclusively by Hamas.On 8 March 2007, "Jerusalem Post" reported that an agreement had been reached with Hamas over the number of prisoners Israel would release in return for Shalit.Israel and Hamas were still negotiating specific prisoners who Hamas wanted freed in return for Shalit.