The Palestine Centre for Prisoner Studies has said that the Palestinian resistance was able to free 87% of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in occupation prisons as part of the various stages of the Tufan al-Ahrar deal.

The Prisoner Studies Centre added that 3,985 prisoners were freed by the three resistance deals during two years of Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

Palestine prisoners receive huge sentences

Statistics from the Palestinian Prisoners’ Studies Centre show that the resistance freed 503 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment out of a total of 580 prisoners who were serving life sentences in Israeli prisons before the exchange deals, many of whom had spent more than 25 years in Israeli prisons.

In addition, 114 women, 297 children and 33 prisoners who were expected to receive life sentences or long prison terms were also freed.

Last Monday, the Israeli occupation released 1,968 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 who had been sentenced to life imprisonment or long prison terms and 1,718 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who had been arrested during the war.

This came in implementation of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect last Friday, in accordance with US President Trump’s plan to end the war on Gaza.

The first phase of the ceasefire agreement between the resistance and Israel came into effect last Friday afternoon. The agreement is based on a plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, which includes a number of provisions, including: an end to the war, a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli army, the mutual release of prisoners, and the immediate entry of aid into the Strip.

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By Alaa Shamali

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