The Israeli Justice Ministry released a page on its website on Friday that listed 95 Palestinian prisoners that would be released in a hostage release deal with Hamas.
According to the deal’s outline, their release will not take place before Sunday at 4:00 p.m.
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, according to Ynet.
The list of names on the ministry’s website shows that a vast majority of those arrested were after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. Less than 10 were arrested before the attacks.
Among the prominent names on the list is attorney Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council who represents the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Jarrar is designated by the Shin Bet as the head of the PFLP in the West Bank.
Jarrar is a political activist and a feminist figure in Palestinian society. She played a significant role in the Palestinian Authority’s legal battle against Israel at the International Criminal Court, according to Ynet.
Who else is being released?
Additionally, Nahil Masalmeh, 37, who planned an attack on a security officer at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, will be released. She was arrested while carrying a knife. Nahil’s husband, Ahed Dodin, a senior Hamas operative, is also in detention, Ynet reported.
A 17-year-old East Jerusalemite girl who attempted a stabbing attack on police officers in the Old City in May 2024 will also be released in the deal’s first phase, as well as Noal Abd Fattah, who stabbed a 70-year-old man with a 20 cm knife on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade, will also be released. She was scheduled to be released in 2028.
Almost all of those who are listed do not have Israeli citizenship, according to the ministry’s website.
The prisoners who will be released will be freed in the first phase in the hostage release and ceasefire deal. In addition to freeing the 95 prisoners, Israel will begin withdrawing its forces from the Gaza Strip, but still maintaining a presence at the Philadelphi Corridor.
The first phase will reportedly last 42 days.
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