Shin Bet bends Hamas: Prisoner release ratio in deal is lowest in decades
The 1,700 Gaza detainees who will be released will not be terrorists who raided on October 7, 2023, and the release of Hamas operatives has been limited as much as possible.
Freed Palestinian prisoners react after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)ByAMIR BOHBOT, JERUSALEM POST STAFF