5 days ago · Here’s a look at the more prominent Palestinian prisoners released on Saturday. Mohammed Aradeh, 42. An activist in Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Aradeh, was sentenced to life in prison for a range of offenses going back to the second intifada, or uprising against Israel’s occupation in the early 2000s. Some of the charges, according to the ...

11 hours ago · Nasser Nasser. Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan ...

22 hours ago · The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society says that 110 Palestinians will be released from Israeli prisons today in the third phase of a ceasefire and captive exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.

5 days ago · Three hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners were released in the first swap. During last week's prisoner release, there was a noticeable show of support for Hamas, but on Saturday, Fatah, the West ...

6 days ago · Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners are to be released as part of a deal to halt the fighting for six weeks, free 33 hostages from Gaza, and increase fuel and aid deliveries to the territory. Many of the prisoners to be released have been detained for infractions such as throwing stones or Molotov cocktails, while others are convicted of killing ...

Jan 20, 2025 · In exchange, up to 1,900 Palestinian prisoners are to be freed. On day one of the exchange, three Israeli captives were released from Gaza: 24-year-old Romi Gonen, 28-year-old Emily Damari and 31 ...

5 days ago · Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in exchange for four soldiers who were being held hostage by Hamas. Dozens of the prisoners had been serving life sentences in Israeli jails ...

In April 2022, there were 4,450 Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli prisons – including 160 children, 32 women, and over 1,000 "administrative detainees" (indefinitely incarcerated without charge). [4] .

Jan 18, 2025 · Israel is due to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over the course of the 42-day initial cease-fire, according to the terms of the agreement, beginning with at least 90 on Sunday in ...

Nov 8, 2023 · Israeli authorities have dramatically increased their use of administrative detention, a form of arbitrary detention, of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank; extended emergency measures that facilitate inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners; and failed to investigate incidents of torture and death in custody over the past four weeks...