Israeli media publishes names of Palestinians reportedly slated for release
The list of Palestinian prisoners set to be released from Israeli prisons as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal has yet to be made public, but Israeli media have published the names of several men it says are due for release.
About 1,700 Palestinians arrested since October 7, 2023, who did not take part in the attack on Israel, will be released, according to Israel’s Channel 12, citing a draft of the deal, while 250 more prisoners serving life sentences for unrelated offences will also be released.
Some 22 Palestinian minors being held in Israel’s prisons will also be set free.
Baher Badr, a Palestinian man handed 11 life sentences for carrying out an attack on the Israeli military’s Tzrifin base, is among those Hamas has called to be released, according to the Haaretz news outlet.
Also on the Palestinian group’s list is Ibrahim Alkam, a man convicted of shooting a mother and son in the occupied West Bank in 1996, and Iham Kamamji, who was convicted of killing an Israeli hitchhiker in 2006.
Who are the 20 living Israeli captives set to be released?
With the Israeli government having approved the first phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas late on Thursday night, a prisoner for captives swap is set to take place over the coming days.
Hamas now has 72 hours from Israel’s government approving the deal to return 20 living captives it still holds in Gaza, meaning the release will likely take place on Sunday or Monday.
After that, Hamas will return the bodies of the 28 deceased captives, though the timeline for that is currently unclear.
These are the names of the living captives expected to be released from Gaza:
- Matan Angrist
- Ziv Berman
- Gali Berman
- Elkana Bohbot
- Rom Breslavski
- Nimrod Cohen
- Ariel Cunio
- David Cunio
- Evitar David
- Guy Gilboa-Dalal
- Maxim Harkin
- Eitan Horn
- Segev Kalfon
- Bar Kuperstein
- Omri Miran
- Eitan Mor
- Yosef Haim Ohana
- Alon Ohel
- Avintan Or
- Matan Tsangoker
Circulating lists of soon-to-be-released Palestinian prisoners inaccurate: Prisoners’ group
No agreement has yet been reached on the lists of Palestinian prisoners who will be released by Israel, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA).
The office alleged that the circulating lists of prisoners to be released as part of the exchange deal are inaccurate, “promoted by the [Israeli] occupation with the aim of pressuring and disrupting the negotiations”.
“If an agreement is reached, the official lists will be announced and published on the Prisoners’ Media Office platforms,” it added.
