Egyptian officials today held meetings with leaders from the Hamas Movement to discuss the negotiations underway to release nine Palestinian women from Israeli prisons. The three Palestinian women were not released in the prisoner swap agreement, which was supervised by the Egyptian Intelligence Department. Officials in the Egyptian Intelligence are attempting to pressure Israeli officials to release the prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, according to sources. They are supposed to be released on Saturday November 5 or on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Sunday November 6.