Two Palestinian security prisoners slated for release in truce deal refused to board bus to Gaza — report

Israeli security forces stand guard as buses transporting Palestinian prisoners being released as part of a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas leave the Ketziot prison in the Negev desert on January 25, 2025. (Gil Magen-Cohen/AFP)
Israeli security forces stand guard as buses transporting Palestinian prisoners being released as part of a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas leave the Ketziot prison in the Negev desert on January 25, 2025. (Gil Magen-Cohen/AFP)

During today’s release of Palestinian security prisoners, two of the inmates slated for release refused to board a bus taking them from Ketziot Prison to Gaza, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

One of the inmates eventually agreed to board, while the other refused and had to be swapped with another prisoner, Kan says.

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