Egyptian-mediated prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas to secure the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit will resume in the next few days, Channel 10 reported Tuesday, quoting Cairo sources.

According to the report, Hagai Hadas, who was recently appointed special envoy to the talks by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, had succeeded in getting the negotiations restarted from the point they left off.

In the previous round of discussions, which concluded in the final days of the Olmert government, Israel had agreed to free 350 prisoners on the Hamas list, but the two sides were stuck on 125 more inmates that the terror group was demanding.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday night issued a statement backing former senior Mossad official Hadas, after reports surfaced that he was connected with the mysterious case of the Bnei Brak based SafeSky Software.

The start-up had claimed to have sold a 37% stake in medical device Life Keeper - a patch that can purportedly give a 30-minute advanced warning of a heart attack - to Taiwan computer hardware manufacturer Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. for $370 million, but the supposed sale was later denied by MSI.

"Hadas was chosen for the job due to his successful work for Israel's security and the intelligence community over the years, and his private projects, including business ventures, are his own personal responsibility and are in no way connected to his public role," said the PMO.

The Channel 10 report came after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that Schalit was in good condition.

During a press conference with President Shimon Peres, Mubarak also expressed hope that the issue of the soldier's release would be resolved soon.

The 22-year-old Israeli sergeant has not been seen since he was kidnapped when his tank was attacked along the Gaza border more than three years ago, and Hamas has prevented the Red Cross from visiting him. Egypt has been mediating attempts to arrange a swap of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including terrorists involved in attacks, for the soldier.

When Mubarak was asked about Schalit, he answered: "Communications are ongoing. Schalit is in good condition. I hope that in the coming period, not in a long time, the Schalit issue will be closed."

Peres's visit was aimed at discussing efforts to free Schalit, as well as ways to promote a regional peace agreement.

Both Mubarak and Peres emphasized that there was a good opportunity for peace.

"We cannot miss this opportunity. The differences between us are not that great that they cannot be overcome," Peres said. He also emphasized Israel's commitment to the two-state solution and said that Israel did not intend to build new settlements.

"Israel has no intention to rule over the Palestinian people. We have no intention to confiscate land, and we have no intention to build new settlements," he said. He did not address the issue of building within existing settlements, which has been a key point of contention between Israel and the United States.

The United States has been pushing for a freeze on all settlement building while Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government has been arguing for the right to build within existing settlements to allow for growing families.

At the end of his visit to the Egyptian capital, Peres said that his meeting with Mubarak was "a meeting at an usual time - there is a feeling that a window of opportunity has opened."

Talking to reporters, Peres said Mubarak was a key player in the region, adding that the Egyptian president "doesn't want to leave a messed up Middle East behind him."

Peres expressed optimism over the role Egypt and other Arab countries would play in combating the Iranian threat.

"Iran has split up the Arab world, and they [the Arab countries] don't want Iran to take control, but want serious peace in the region," he said. "They see Iran, Hizbullah and Hamas as posing a concrete danger to them. President Mubarak views the situation as an opportunity, and he is a serious man who is prepared to get on board now."

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