Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday reiterated that it will not change its demands and conditions for releasing an Israeli soldier from its captivity in the Gaza Strip.

"There has been no new thing on Gilad Shalit's case and the ball is in Israel's court," said Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, in a statement sent to the media.

"Hamas is still sticking to the conditions it outlined to accomplish a prisoner exchange," he added.

On Tuesday, Egyptian president Hossni Mubarak said that Shalit, who has been captured by Hamas in 2006, was still alive, adding that Egypt is still mediating between Hamas and Israel to free the corporal.

Hamas says Israel has to release more than 1,000 Arab and Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier, including 450 names that the Islamic movement selects. Israel has several reservations on Hamas' list of prisoners.

Earlier, a senior Hamas leader, Khalil al-Hayya, told Xinhua that the indirect negotiations to exchange the prisoners have stopped since the Israeli general elections in February.

(Xinhua News Agency July 8, 2009)