Prisoner release

The Palestinian prisoners slated for release under the Gaza ceasefire deal

Israel finalizes list of Palestinian prisoners to be released under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, with 250 serving life sentences.

 A freed Palestinian prisoner holds a flag as they are greeted 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 8, 2025.
US SPECIAL ENVOY Steve Witkoff is flanked by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. If the Israel-Hamas agreement leads to Palestinian statehood, Israel can expect a tangible increase in terrorism, the writer warns.

Exchanging Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages sets stage for further massacres - opinion

Natali Zangauker and Einav Zangauker, the sister and mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, react during a celebration after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv

I stood in Hostages’ Square and watched Israel begin to come home

 Illustrative image of Hamas terrorists.

Israel will not release Nukhba Force terrorists, source tells 'Post'


Jailed Russian dissidents call for mass prisoner release as part of a peace deal with Ukraine

Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written a letter to world leaders appealing for the mass release of Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian civilians held by Russia.

 Activist Darya Kozyreva, who was found guilty of repeatedly discrediting the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict and arrested in the courtroom, is forced into a police car in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 18, 2025

Prison security working to contain Palestinian riot in high-security prison

IPS commissioner Yaakobi called Israel's prisons the "eighth front" after Hamas and Fatah threatened to start a war in Israel's prisons.

 Israel Prison Service security officers on the roof of Ofer Security Prison during unrest, February 16, 2025.

Palestinian prisoners to be shown film of Gaza destruction before release

Over 580 terrorists have been released in the first four waves of the deal's first phase, with another 200 expected to be released over the course of the deal.

An Israeli police officer looks on as a Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Israeli military prison, Ofer, on the day Israel releases Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 19, 2025.

American Jewish leaders grieve as Hamas terrorists convicted of murdering their friends go free

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld wrote on Facebook. 'Somehow it had not occurred to me that people responsible for the deaths of people in my own close circles would be included.'

 The coffins containing the bodies of Sarah Duker (front) and her boyfriend Matthew Eisenfeld (rear), who were killed in a Jerusalem bus bombing, are carried to the gravesite at the Beth El Cemetery in Avon, Connecticut, Feb. 25, 1996. Duker and Eisenfeld were buried next to each other.

Ex-hostage Ofer Kalderon's relatives testify to physical, mental abuse

Freed Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon faced physical and mental abuse in Hamas captivity, including beatings, isolation, and restrictions on basic needs, his relatives revealed.

 Ofer Kalderon embraces family after his release from Hamas captivity, February 1, 2025.

Qatar will host Palestinian prisoners if they choose to come, PM says

His welcoming sentiment to released Palestinian prisoners is not the first of its kind in recent weeks.

 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

‘Only Marwan Barghouti, in return for all the Israeli hostages,’ terror victims’ lawyer tells TML

Amid Israel-Hamas hostage talks, speculation grows over freeing Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti. Praised as a unifier, his potential release faces backlash over past deadly attacks.

MARWAN BARGHOUTI is escorted in handcuffs by police into Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 2012.

We must prevent the possibility of October 7 repeating - opinion

Israel has been caught in an impossible dilemma: how to choose or balance between the immediate fate of the hostages and the long-term national security concerns of Israel and its people.

 ‘BRING THEM home now’ graffiti in Tel Aviv: Every poster brandishing ‘now’ and ‘at any price’ was another gain for Hamas in its strategy of extortion, making it even harder to secure the hostages’ release, while endangering their lives and the very chances of the deal, the writer argues.

Justice Ministry adds two additional names to prisoner release list

The Ministry added two additional names to the list: Ahmad Raad Zaid Faroukh and Ahmad Mohammad Nayef Al-Hawamdeh.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Jenin and the West Bank: Israel's new battlefronts after Gaza, Lebanon ceasefires - analysis

"On the directive of the Security Cabinet, the IDF, the ISA, and the Israel Police have today begun a...military operation to defeat terrorism in Jenin," Netanyahu said.

 Israeli security forces guard at the scene where three Israelis were murdered in a shooting attack earlier today, near the village of al-Funduq, in the Northern West Bank, January 6, 2025.

Israel prepares for prisoner exchange as IDF, IPS conclude plans

Most of the prisoners on the list are women, and only one prisoner on the list under the age of 18 at the time of their arrest was convicted of murder.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025