ENTRE News – Israel and Hamas will exchange prisoners following a four-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza. So, who are the Palestinian prisoners that Israel will release?
Most of the Palestinian prisoners who could potentially be released from Israeli prisons FOR4D are boys aged 18 and under and women.
“The list [of detainees to be released] includes the ages of the detainees and the charges levied against them such as stone-throwing, harming regional security, supporting a terrorist organization, charges of possession of illegal weapons, sedition, and charges of attempted murder,”.
“Most of the Palestinian prisoners eligible for [Israel’s] release are boys aged 16 to 18. [These ages] fall into the category of children according to the UN definition, although there are also those as young as 14,”.
In addition, the prisoners to be released by Israel are 33 adult women.
“About 33 of the people [released prisoners] were women.”
Meanwhile, The Times FOR4D of Israel reported that the Israeli government had determined that 300 Palestinian prisoners would be released on Wednesday (22/11), namely 287 children and 13 adult women.
“Most of the 287 of the 300 Israeli prisoners to be released are men aged 18 and under, most of whom were detained for rioting and stone-throwing in the West Bank or East Jerusalem,” wrote The Times of Israel.
“The other 13 detainees are adult women, most of them convicted of attempted stabbing terror,” The Times of Israel added FOR4D.
The plan is that Israel will release 150 Palestinian prisoners for every time Hamas hands over 50 hostages. The exchange of Israeli and Hamas hostages is likely to take place on Friday (24/11) which was originally going to take place on Thursday (23/11).
Meanwhile, the Head of the Commission for Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs, Qadura Fares FOR4D, said there were around 8,300 Palestinian prisoners currently being held in Israeli prisons.
“More than 3,000 of the detainees were arrested for administrative detention,” said Fares.