A Palestinian boy stands on a damaged car in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Feb. 7, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
Israel will free 183 inmates from jails on Saturday in the fifth hostage-prisoner swap agreed with Hamas as part of an ongoing Gaza cease-fire deal, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club advocacy group.
"Among those to be released are 18 serving life sentences, 54 with lengthy sentences, and 111 from Gaza who were arrested after Oct. 7," Amani Sarahneh, spokesperson for the Palestinian NGO, told AFP, referring to Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel in 2023 which started the Gaza war.
Israel will free 183 inmates from jails on Saturday in the fifth hostage-prisoner swap agreed with Hamas as part of an ongoing Gaza cease-fire deal, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club advocacy group."Among those to be released are 18 serving life sentences, 54 with lengthy sentences, and 111 from Gaza who were arrested after Oct. 7," Amani Sarahneh, spokesperson for the...