Some 200 Palestinian prisoners had been launched from Israeli prisons in the present day, as a part of the second batch of the primary section of the ceasefire settlement within the Gaza Strip, which started on nineteenth January.
In accordance with the Palestinian Fee for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs, the discharge happened from the Negev desert jail, and 70 prisoners had been transferred to the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing within the southern Gaza Strip in preparation for deportation outdoors the Palestinian territories.
This got here as a part of a prisoner swap deal that included the handover of 4 Israeli feminine troopers who had been held in Gaza because the starting of the battle final October. The feminine troopers had been handed over to the Worldwide Crimson Cross earlier than being transferred to Israel.
Regardless of the completion of this stage of the alternate deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to forestall Gazans from crossing into the northern Gaza Strip till the destiny of 28-year-old hostage Arbel Yehud is revealed.
Hamas confirmed and knowledgeable the mediators that Yehud remains to be alive and can be launched subsequent Saturday, in accordance with the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Publish.
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