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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Palestinian reports: 3 prisoners freed in hostage deal rearrested last night, including veteran terrorist
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Palestinian media reports that three Palestinian security prisoners who were freed as part of the recent hostage deal were rearrested by Israel last night.
The three are named as Mahdi Akas, Saeed Diab and Ibrahim Atiya. Atiya had served a life sentence for his involvement in a shooting terror attack in which a 7-year-old girl was murdered in 2003, as part of his membership in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club, a Palestinian organization representing those who are in jail in Israel, announced yesterday, prior to the arrests last night, that a total of 13 Palestinians released in the deal had been rearrested, 6 of whom remained in detention as of yesterday.
The Times of Israel Community.