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Nearly 600 Palestinians being released from Israeli jails in captives exchange
26 February 2025 23:44 GMT
More than 600 Palestinians prisoners are being released overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, most of them in Gaza, a Hamas official told the AFP.
According to Al Jazeera, 115 Palestinian prisoners serving life and long sentences are being released. Of those, 43 will be released in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, 11 will be returned to Gaza and Ninety-seven Palestinians will be exiled out of the occupied Palestinian territories.
An additional 445 Palestinians forcibly disappeared from Gaza will be released. 46 Palestinian women and children will also be released, Al Jazeera reported.