Israel Releases Names of 95 Palestinians to be Freed as Part of Gaza Deal

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israel’s Justice Ministry released on Friday the names of 95 Palestinians slated to be released on Sunday, in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

The list includes 69 women, 16 men and 10 minors. According to the ministry, the youngest inmate on the list is 16.

Khalida Jarrar, a prominent leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (parliament), is on the list.

The list also includes journalist Bushra al-Tawil, who was released in a previous prisoner swap in 2011 between Hamas and Israel. She is the daughter of senior Hamas leader Jamal al-Taweel, who served as mayor of the West Bank city of el-Bireh.

Dalal al-Arouri is also expected to be released. She is the sister of Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy leader of Hamas who was assassinated by Israel in January last year in Beirut, Lebanon.

According to the deal’s outline, their release will not take place before Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

The list of names shows that a vast majority of those prisoners were arrested after the Israeli war in Gaza. Less than 10 were arrested before the war.

The first phase will reportedly last 42 days.

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