Gaza  - The Palestinian Hamas movement on Tuesday blamed Israel for the failure of negotiations for a possible prisoner swap deal and threatened to abduct more Israeli soldiers.

"Israel is the one that hindered Shalit's deal," Hamas said in a statement Tuesday night as Israel announced the failure of negotiations for a deal that would see the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for jailed Palestinian militants.

"We will kidnap more Israeli soldiers to free our prisoners in Israeli jails," Hamas said.

Hamas, which led a well-planned cross-border raid on an Israeli army outpost near Gaza in which Shalit was captured, had demanded the release of some 1,400 Palestinian militants jailed in Israel.

Earlier Tuesday, Hamas official Osama al-Muzini, commenting on the Egyptian-mediated talks between Hamas and Israel, said: "The enemy puts reservations on the numbers of the prisoners." dpa