Palestinian prisoners set for release include 69 women; youngest prisoner is 15

Suha Jarrar (L) greets her mother Khalida Jarrar of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) after she was released from 20 months of detention in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 28, 2019 (STR/Flash90)
Suha Jarrar (L) greets her mother Khalida Jarrar of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) after she was released from 20 months of detention in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 28, 2019 (STR/Flash90)

The 90 Palestinian prisoners set to be released in exchange for three hostages held by Hamas include 69 women, according to a list provided to The Associated Press.

The youngest is Mahmoud Aliowat, 15.

The prisoners to be released include Khalida Jarrar, 62, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a leftist faction with an armed group that has carried out attacks on Israelis. New York-based Human Rights Watch said her repeated arrests are part of Israel’s wider crackdown on nonviolent political opposition.

Dalal Khaseeb, 53, the sister of former Hamas second-in-command Saleh Arouri, is also on the list, which was provided by Hamas. Arouri was killed in an Israeli strike in a southern Beirut suburb in January 2024.

Also listed for release is Abla Abdelrasoul, 68, the wife of detained PFLP leader Ahmad Saadat who ordered the assassination of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze’evi in 2001 and has been serving a 30-year sentence.

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