Spokesman for the Prisoners’ Authority: 1,735 male and female prisoners released, including 1,000 from Gaza.
The official spokesman for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Authority, Thaer Shreiteh, revealed “Abour Rabie” The total number of prisoners who will be released from Israeli occupation prisons under the ceasefire agreement within the first phase, which extends over 42 days, will reach 1,735 male and female prisoners, in 6 batches, including 1,000 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after October 7. 2023.
Abu Rabie said – In a statement to the Middle East News Agency on Wednesday: “The release of the second batch will take place next Saturday and at dawn next Sunday, where 4 male and female Israeli male and female prisoners of war will be released, while in return Palestinian prisoners who have been sentenced to life imprisonment or sentences will be released.” They served two-thirds of the term, and a deportation order was issued against them.
He explained that 284 prisoners sentenced to prison would be released. For life, 217 of them will be deported to Arab or Islamic countries, and 19 high-sentenced prisoners who have served two-thirds of the term and whose sentences range from 20 to 35 years will be deported… indicating that they will be deported temporarily to one of the Arab or Islamic countries in order to For a period of 3 years…explaining that the exchange deal will include the release of all male and female prisoners under the age of 18 years. Kamel.
With regard to the first batch… the official spokesman for the Prisoners’ Authority said: “We received in the early hours of last Sunday the first batch of male and female child prisoners who were released under the ceasefire agreement, and they numbered 90 male and female prisoners, compared to 3 Israeli female prisoners who were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.
He stressed that there are violations by the Israeli side regarding non-compliance. According to the criteria for completing the deal… pointing in this regard to the list published on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, in which there was a clear defect represented by the presence of the names of released female prisoners and the publication of the birth dates of ten child prisoners without mentioning any additional data about them… calling for the necessity of putting an end to this. Transgressions.
He warned that there were many threats made by the Israeli occupation regarding receiving prisoners, as he distributed leaflets warning citizens in the town of Beitunia, near Ramallah, which is located on Ofer Prison refused to hold any reception appearances for the prisoners, pointing out that the occupation forces attacked the Palestinian public and families on the day of the reception, throwing tear gas bombs and rubber bullets. They also created complications that led to a delay in the release process, which took place in the early hours of last Sunday. This was the result of the Israeli slowdown and procrastination in bringing the International Committee of the Red Cross into the prison and the delay in transferring female prisoners from Damon Prison to Ofer Prison.
He said: "We In turn, we received the female prisoners and the child prisoners and transferred them to their families, where their conditions were tragic and very difficult. During the hours of release, they were exposed to humiliation and assaults, meaning that the occupation was insisting on psychological humiliation and deliberate physical attacks. It also seems that the next stage will be more difficult given the Israeli threats to target everyone who gathers to receive the prisoners. And carry out his national and humanitarian duty.”
He expressed his hope that there would be oversight Permanently adheres to the practices and actions of the occupation with regard to exchange operations and does not give it any space to create gaps or complications as was done in the previous deal, as it became clear upon the release of the female prisoners and the Red Cross receiving the list of names that there was no prisoner with the female prisoners; Which caused a major disruption in this matter and a delay in the release process. He said: “The prison administration of the occupation authorities hands over the prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross, and we, in turn, as an official body competent to follow up on the prisoners’ file, receive them and transfer them to their families.”
p>The total number of prisoners and detainees in the occupation prisons is more than 10 thousand male and female prisoners, including 84 female prisoners (including 3 girls under 18 years and 21 administrative detainees), 320 children and boys, and more than 3,400 administrative detainees, and this number is increasing due to the continued Israeli detention policy against Palestinians… according to Palestinian sources concerned with prisoners’ affairs.
As for the number of detainees in Gaza. The occupation was announced – after pressure from Israeli human rights institutions – Their numbers reach 3,500 detainees after October 7, 2023, but the Palestinian side estimates their numbers at more than 4,000 detainees.
As for the number of life imprisonment cases in the occupation prisons, it amounts to about 600 cases, including the prisoner Abdullah Barghouti, who was sentenced to 67 life imprisonments. As for the veteran prisoners detained before the signing of the Oslo Accords, they number 21 prisoners who were re-arrested from the “Wafa” deal. Before the war on the Gaza Strip, there were 48 prisoners, and now there are 52 prisoners, the most prominent of whom is the prisoner Nael Barghouti. It is noteworthy that it was announced on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, that a ceasefire agreement had been reached in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of prisoners and detainees between Israel and the “Hamas” movement. A return to sustainable calm will be implemented in three stages, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States of America. The agreement will enter into force as of today, Sunday, January 19.
During the first phase of the agreement, which lasts 42 days since the entry into force of the agreement, the withdrawal and repositioning of Israeli forces outside densely populated areas, the exchange of prisoners and detainees, the exchange of the remains of the deceased, and the return of internally displaced persons to their places of residence in the Gaza Strip, and facilitating the departure of the sick and wounded to receive treatment.
The first phase also includes intensifying The safe and effective introduction and distribution of humanitarian aid on a large scale throughout Gaza, the rehabilitation of hospitals, health centers and bakeries, the introduction of civil defense supplies and fuel, and the introduction of shelter supplies for displaced people who lost their homes due to the war.
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