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Israel to free 602 Palestinian prisoners tomorrow, says NGO

By AFP and ToI Staff 21 February 2025, 3:07 pm 17 Edit
A Palestinian prisoner released by Israel as part of the hostage deal with Hamas flashes the victory sign as he alights a bus in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 8, 2025. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)
A Palestinian prisoner released by Israel as part of the hostage deal with Hamas flashes the victory sign as he alights a bus in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 8, 2025. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club says that Israel will free 602 prisoners from jails tomorrow as part of the ongoing hostage release-ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Amani Sarahneh, a spokeswoman for the NGO, tells AFP that those slated for release include 445 individuals from Gaza who were arrested after Hamas’s October 7 attack, 60 serving long sentences, 50 serving life sentences and 47 re-arrested after a 2011 exchange for captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

Last night Hebrew media reported that seven of those who were slated to be released outside of Israel’s borders requested to instead remain in prison, and they were replaced with seven others from a list of those eligible.

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