Main Information
Israel released 39 Palestinians it had detained at Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank on Friday as part of a deal to free Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its attack on October 7 – the released Palestinians were mostly teenage boys and women, the vast majority of whom had not been convicted of any crime and had been held for years.
Background Information
The released detainees had been held at the Israeli Ofer prison, located in the occupied West Bank near the western border of Jerusalem. Israeli forces began using it in 2002 and it has since hosted numerous Palestinian detainees, according to the Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association “Addameer,” a Palestinian NGO. Human rights groups claim that the Israeli military court system convicts Palestinians 99% of the time, according to a BBC report. “Addameer” points to other perceived issues in the Israeli military and prison systems, including that Israeli officers, despite being required to interrogate detainees in their native language, often make them sign statements in Hebrew that they do not understand and that prison officials often do not provide necessary medical care for detainees.
Key Numbers
750,000. This is the number of Palestinians who have been in Israeli prisons at some point since 1967, according to estimates from human rights groups, as reported by Agence France-Presse.
What to Watch For
More Palestinian inmates and Israeli hostages are expected to be released. Israel promised to release 150 Palestinian prisoners and Hamas agreed to free 50 hostages. All of them are expected to be released by the end of the four-day ceasefire. However, more may be released later. As part of the agreement, Israel agreed to continue the ceasefire for an additional day for every 10 hostages released by Hamas.
Additional Information
Names of the released minor Palestinians include Youssef Mohammed Mustafa Atta, Qusai Hani Ali Ahmed, Jibril Ghassan Ismail Jibril, Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman Abu Rajab, Ahmed Naaman, Ahmed Abu Naim, Baraa Bilal Mahmoud Rabea, Aban Iyad Mohammed Said Hamad, Mo’taz Hatem Mousa Abu Aram, Eyas Abdul Qader Mohammed Khatib, Hazem Laith Khalil Othman Othman, Mohammed Mahmoud Ayoub Daradresh, Jamal Khalil Jamal Barahma, Jamal Youssef Jamal Abu Hamdan, Mohammed Anis Saleem Tarabi, Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahman Suleiman Rizq, Zeina Raed Abdo and Nour Mohammed Hafiz Al-Taher, according to Al Jazeera. As for the names of adults, they are Rawan Nafe’ Mohammed Abu Matar, Marah Joudat Mousa Bakir, Malak Mohammed Youssef Suleiman, Amani Khaled Naaman Hashim, Nihaya Khader Hussein Swan, Fayrouz Fizz Mahmoud Al-Baw, Tahrir Adnan Mohammed Abu Sariya, Palestine Fareed Abdul Latif Najm, Walaa Khaled Fawzi Tanja, Mariam Khaled Abdul Majid Arafat, Asil Munir Ibrahim Al-Tayti, Azhar Tha’er Baker Asaf, Raghad Nash’at Salah Al-Fanni, Fatima Naaman Ali Badr, Rawda Mousa Abdul Qader Abu Ajeema, Sara Ayman Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al-Sweisi, Fatima Ismail Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Samira Abdul Harbawi, Samah Bilal Abdul Rahman Souf, Fatima Baker Mousa Abu Shlal, Hanan Saleh Abdul Allah Al-Barghouti and Fatima Nasr Mohammed Amarna, according to Al Jazeera.
Further Reading
Here’s what to know about the hostages released from Gaza
First hostages released amid temporary Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Temporary ceasefire takes effect in Gaza
What to know about the Israel-Hamas hostage deal
Reports indicate that Israeli forces have arrested the director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital
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