18 june 2014

Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday at dawn 51 ex-detainees who were released in shalit swap deal and threatened to deport them to the Gaza strip, Ahrar center reported. The 51 arrested ex-prisoners are part of 64 were arrested last night across the West Bank including MPs Ayman Daraghmeh, and Ahmed Mubarak.
Arrest toll rose to 250 Palestinians in the last four days.
"Violating the agreement signed with Hamas and brokered by Egypt in 2012, Israel has waged a war against Hamas movement by arresting dozens of its prominent political figures and members," director of Ahrar center Foa'ad al-Khafash told Safa News Agency .
Al-Khafsh said that Israel disrespected Egypt and did not keep its promise not to arrest Hamas political figures.
Names of rearrested ex-prisoners: Wael Barghouti, Nidal Zaloom, Hamza Abu shank, Taha Shakhsher, Abdel Moneim To’me, Majdi Ajula, ‘Ayed Hrshah, Mohammed Reshseq, Safwan Oweiwi, Zuhair Skafi, Mohamed Rashad Al-Jabari, Nidal Abdul Haq, Ahmad Awawda, Bassam Naim Natshe, Othman Musleh , Aladdin Alpazian, Jamal Abu Saleh, Ismail Masalmah, Mohamed Barakat, Mahmoud Sweiti, Adnan Mragmh, Ibrahim Mashaal, Adnan Diab, Shadi Zaid, Abbas Shabana, Ahmed Silwadi, Abdul Rahman Salah, Imad Fatuna, Jacob Kilani, Aref Fakhoury, Abdul-Jabbar Fuqaha’, wahib Abu Rub, Rajab Tahan, Muammar al-Jabari, Zaher Khatatba, Ashraf Wawi, Rabe’ Barghouti, Abdullah Abu Hbak, Amer Mokbel, Khadr Radi, Louay Nofal, Wael Abu Jalboush, Fawaz Al Jaber, Rasmy Mahareik, Imad Musa, Samer Mahroum, Tariq Qawzah, Yosuf Steitieh and Fayez Jaber.
Arrest toll rose to 250 Palestinians in the last four days.
"Violating the agreement signed with Hamas and brokered by Egypt in 2012, Israel has waged a war against Hamas movement by arresting dozens of its prominent political figures and members," director of Ahrar center Foa'ad al-Khafash told Safa News Agency .
Al-Khafsh said that Israel disrespected Egypt and did not keep its promise not to arrest Hamas political figures.
Names of rearrested ex-prisoners: Wael Barghouti, Nidal Zaloom, Hamza Abu shank, Taha Shakhsher, Abdel Moneim To’me, Majdi Ajula, ‘Ayed Hrshah, Mohammed Reshseq, Safwan Oweiwi, Zuhair Skafi, Mohamed Rashad Al-Jabari, Nidal Abdul Haq, Ahmad Awawda, Bassam Naim Natshe, Othman Musleh , Aladdin Alpazian, Jamal Abu Saleh, Ismail Masalmah, Mohamed Barakat, Mahmoud Sweiti, Adnan Mragmh, Ibrahim Mashaal, Adnan Diab, Shadi Zaid, Abbas Shabana, Ahmed Silwadi, Abdul Rahman Salah, Imad Fatuna, Jacob Kilani, Aref Fakhoury, Abdul-Jabbar Fuqaha’, wahib Abu Rub, Rajab Tahan, Muammar al-Jabari, Zaher Khatatba, Ashraf Wawi, Rabe’ Barghouti, Abdullah Abu Hbak, Amer Mokbel, Khadr Radi, Louay Nofal, Wael Abu Jalboush, Fawaz Al Jaber, Rasmy Mahareik, Imad Musa, Samer Mahroum, Tariq Qawzah, Yosuf Steitieh and Fayez Jaber.

Israeli forces arrested some 65 Palestinians across the West Bank overnight, over 50 of which were released as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel in 2011, sources said Wednesday.
As soldiers entered their sixth day of searching for three missing Israelis, forces raided the Nablus district and arrested a number of Palestinians, security sources told Ma'an.
In the village of Beit Furik, Israeli soldiers arrested Zahir Khatatba, while in Deir Sharaf they arrested Luay Najih Nofal.
Soldiers also detained Palestinians in the nearby villages of Audla and Tell, arresting Falah Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmad Talib Silwadi, Taha Adel Shakhshir, Muhammad Shawqi Abd al-Nabi, Yaqub Ishtayya, Adham Shalabi, and Iyad Rifai, the sources said.
Similarly, Israeli military vehicles stormed Askar refugee camp near Nablus and soldiers ransacked several homes, locals said.
Locals told Ma'an that soldiers caused damages in houses in the camp during the raids.
In the city of Nablus, soldiers arrested Nidal Subhi Abd al-Haq and clashed with Palestinians in the Rafedia neighborhood.
Medical sources told Ma'an that a number of Palestinians were hospitalized after being hit with rubber-coated bullets and inhaling tear gas.
Meanwhile, in the Salfit district, Israeli forces detained Othman Ali Hamdan Muslih from the village of al-Zawiya and Imad Abd al-Rahman Hasan al-Ali from Talfit. Both Muslih and al-Ali had been released as part of the Shalit deal.
In Jenin, Israeli troops detained Yaqub Kilani, Arif Fakhouri, Abd al-Jabbar Fuqaha, Yaqub Kilani, Arif Fakhouri, Abd al-Jabbar Fuqaha, and Samir al-Mahroum.
Soldiers also conducted arrest raids in the Hebron district, where the Israeli army had initially focused its efforts to find the three missing teens.
Forces in Hebron detained Safwan Muhammad Uweiwi, Abbas Shabana al-Tamimi, Hijazi Kamil Hamouri, Imad Qasrawi al-Tamimi, Jamal Izzat al-Qawasami, Bassan Naim Natsha, Muammar Rashad al-Jaabari, Zuheir Mustafa Skafi, and Hazim Ibrahim Abu Nijma, locals said.
In Beit Awwa in southwest Hebron, soldiers detained four Palestinians -- Mahmoud Muhammad Sweiti, Ismail Abd al-Hadi Masalmah, Muhammad Ismail Madsalmah, and Hayil Muhammad Sweiti.
In Beit Ula, Diyaa Aziz Adarbah, Muhammad Falah al-Amla, and his son Diyaa were arrested.
In Yatta, Israeli forces detained Ratib al-Jubour, Khalid Mousa Makhamrah, and Muhammad Issa Makhmrah.
In Surif north of Hebron, Israeli troops Hamid Shaaban al-Hur.
In Beit Kahil in northwest Hebron, Muheisin Abdullah al-Atawnah was detained.
Israeli troops also raided Taffuh west of Hebron and detained Muhammad Nasr Salamah Izreiqat.
In Dura south of Hebron Israeli troops detained Nayif Hasan Shawamrah.
Khalil Awwad al-Hilou from Idhna west of Hebron was detained at an Israeli military checkpoint.
An Israeli military spokesperson told Ma'an the army arrested "approximately 65" Palestinians in the West Bank overnight.
Former prisoners released in Shalit deal
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that over 50 prisoners detained overnight were former prisoners who had been released from Israeli jails as a part of the 2011 Shalit deal.
The Israeli news site Ynet quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying "Hamas terrorists were arrested, including those who were released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal."
Arresting former prisoners released in the Shalit deal is an "element with an important message that is part of a series of many actions that will continue," Netanyahu was quoted as saying.
The "goal is to retrieve the kidnapped teens and harm the Hamas movement," he reportedly said.
On Oct. 18, 2011, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Shalit was snatched in June 2006 by a group of Hamas members and other armed groups who snuck into Israel through a tunnel and took their prisoner back to Gaza the same way.
Hamas feted the lopsided prisoner swap as a major victory.
Three Israelis, aged 16-19, disappeared from an area near the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion late Thursday.
Israel has blamed Hamas for kidnapping the teens, but the Islamist movement has denied involvement.
Palestinians have decried Israel's response to the disappearance -- a West Bank military search campaign that has seen hundreds arrested, several injured, and one killed -- as "collective punishment."
As soldiers entered their sixth day of searching for three missing Israelis, forces raided the Nablus district and arrested a number of Palestinians, security sources told Ma'an.
In the village of Beit Furik, Israeli soldiers arrested Zahir Khatatba, while in Deir Sharaf they arrested Luay Najih Nofal.
Soldiers also detained Palestinians in the nearby villages of Audla and Tell, arresting Falah Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmad Talib Silwadi, Taha Adel Shakhshir, Muhammad Shawqi Abd al-Nabi, Yaqub Ishtayya, Adham Shalabi, and Iyad Rifai, the sources said.
Similarly, Israeli military vehicles stormed Askar refugee camp near Nablus and soldiers ransacked several homes, locals said.
Locals told Ma'an that soldiers caused damages in houses in the camp during the raids.
In the city of Nablus, soldiers arrested Nidal Subhi Abd al-Haq and clashed with Palestinians in the Rafedia neighborhood.
Medical sources told Ma'an that a number of Palestinians were hospitalized after being hit with rubber-coated bullets and inhaling tear gas.
Meanwhile, in the Salfit district, Israeli forces detained Othman Ali Hamdan Muslih from the village of al-Zawiya and Imad Abd al-Rahman Hasan al-Ali from Talfit. Both Muslih and al-Ali had been released as part of the Shalit deal.
In Jenin, Israeli troops detained Yaqub Kilani, Arif Fakhouri, Abd al-Jabbar Fuqaha, Yaqub Kilani, Arif Fakhouri, Abd al-Jabbar Fuqaha, and Samir al-Mahroum.
Soldiers also conducted arrest raids in the Hebron district, where the Israeli army had initially focused its efforts to find the three missing teens.
Forces in Hebron detained Safwan Muhammad Uweiwi, Abbas Shabana al-Tamimi, Hijazi Kamil Hamouri, Imad Qasrawi al-Tamimi, Jamal Izzat al-Qawasami, Bassan Naim Natsha, Muammar Rashad al-Jaabari, Zuheir Mustafa Skafi, and Hazim Ibrahim Abu Nijma, locals said.
In Beit Awwa in southwest Hebron, soldiers detained four Palestinians -- Mahmoud Muhammad Sweiti, Ismail Abd al-Hadi Masalmah, Muhammad Ismail Madsalmah, and Hayil Muhammad Sweiti.
In Beit Ula, Diyaa Aziz Adarbah, Muhammad Falah al-Amla, and his son Diyaa were arrested.
In Yatta, Israeli forces detained Ratib al-Jubour, Khalid Mousa Makhamrah, and Muhammad Issa Makhmrah.
In Surif north of Hebron, Israeli troops Hamid Shaaban al-Hur.
In Beit Kahil in northwest Hebron, Muheisin Abdullah al-Atawnah was detained.
Israeli troops also raided Taffuh west of Hebron and detained Muhammad Nasr Salamah Izreiqat.
In Dura south of Hebron Israeli troops detained Nayif Hasan Shawamrah.
Khalil Awwad al-Hilou from Idhna west of Hebron was detained at an Israeli military checkpoint.
An Israeli military spokesperson told Ma'an the army arrested "approximately 65" Palestinians in the West Bank overnight.
Former prisoners released in Shalit deal
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that over 50 prisoners detained overnight were former prisoners who had been released from Israeli jails as a part of the 2011 Shalit deal.
The Israeli news site Ynet quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying "Hamas terrorists were arrested, including those who were released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal."
Arresting former prisoners released in the Shalit deal is an "element with an important message that is part of a series of many actions that will continue," Netanyahu was quoted as saying.
The "goal is to retrieve the kidnapped teens and harm the Hamas movement," he reportedly said.
On Oct. 18, 2011, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Shalit was snatched in June 2006 by a group of Hamas members and other armed groups who snuck into Israel through a tunnel and took their prisoner back to Gaza the same way.
Hamas feted the lopsided prisoner swap as a major victory.
Three Israelis, aged 16-19, disappeared from an area near the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion late Thursday.
Israel has blamed Hamas for kidnapping the teens, but the Islamist movement has denied involvement.
Palestinians have decried Israel's response to the disappearance -- a West Bank military search campaign that has seen hundreds arrested, several injured, and one killed -- as "collective punishment."

The Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday early morning seven Jerusalemites freed prisoners who were released within the “Shalit” agreement between Hamas and Israel under the Egyptian supervision in 2011.
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the detainees are:
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the detainees are:
- Ibrahim Abdelrazeq Ahmad Mashal from Jabal Al-Mukabber who spent 20 years in the Israeli prisons while serving a life sentence.
- Ismaeel Abdullah Mousa Hijazi from Jabal Al-Mukabber.
- Jamal Hammad Hussein Abu Saleh from Silwan/ Dung Gate who spent 23 years inside the occupation prisons while serving a 38-year prison sentence.
- Rajab Mohammad Shihadeh Tahan from Ras Al-Amoud who spent 14 years in prison and was sentenced for life in prison.
- Adnan Mohammad Ata Maragha from Silwan who spent 22 years in prison.
- Ala’ Eddin Ahmad Rida Bazian from the Old City of Jerusalem who spent 30 years in the Israeli prisons and was sentenced for life in prison.
- Naser Mousa Ahmad Abed Rabbo from Sur Baher who spent 23 years in prison and was sentenced for life in prison.
17 june 2014

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Zeev Elkin has called for re-arresting Palestinian liberated prisoners who were released during Shalit swap deal, holding them responsible for the abduction of three Israeli settlers few day ago. MK Elkin charged that those ex-detainees were the real motivation for the abduction operations carried out against Israelis, Maariv newspaper quoted Elkin as claiming.
He called for their deportation from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli media sources said that the Israeli cabinet is expected to meet Tuesday morning in Tel Aviv to discuss the three missing settlers’ issue.
Arrests and deportation of Hamas’s cadres and leaders and other security measures are scheduled to be discussed during the meeting.
Israeli military sources declared on Friday the disappearance of three conscripts near al-Khalil on Thursday night. Large-scale Israeli raid and arrest campaigns were launched throughout West Bank following the incident against members and cadres in Hamas's movement.
He called for their deportation from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli media sources said that the Israeli cabinet is expected to meet Tuesday morning in Tel Aviv to discuss the three missing settlers’ issue.
Arrests and deportation of Hamas’s cadres and leaders and other security measures are scheduled to be discussed during the meeting.
Israeli military sources declared on Friday the disappearance of three conscripts near al-Khalil on Thursday night. Large-scale Israeli raid and arrest campaigns were launched throughout West Bank following the incident against members and cadres in Hamas's movement.
26 apr 2014

Israeli forces near Bethlehem early Friday detained a Palestinian who was freed as a part of a prisoner swap deal with Hamas in 2011, Israeli media said Saturday.
The Israeli news site Ynet reported that soldiers detained a man who was accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at troops near a bypass road south of Bethlehem.
According to the report, the man was freed as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that two Palestinians hurled four Molotov cocktails toward Israeli forces near the village of al-Khadr and shortly afterward were detained.
In June 2006 a group of Hamas and other militants entered into Israel through a cross-border tunnel and seized Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
He was released on Oct. 18, 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
The Israeli news site Ynet reported that soldiers detained a man who was accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at troops near a bypass road south of Bethlehem.
According to the report, the man was freed as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that two Palestinians hurled four Molotov cocktails toward Israeli forces near the village of al-Khadr and shortly afterward were detained.
In June 2006 a group of Hamas and other militants entered into Israel through a cross-border tunnel and seized Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
He was released on Oct. 18, 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
24 dec 2013

The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have re-arrested 23 liberated prisoners released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in 2011 and threatened to arrest more liberated prisoners, Palestinian Department of Statistics in the West Bank reported. The department confirmed that 23 liberated prisoner, including women, have been re-arrested under flimsy pretexts after being released in Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal in total violation of the agreement's terms.
IOA have threatened the liberated prisoners to re-impose their old sentences on them or to be deported to Gaza or abroad, the Department of Statistics added.
Six liberated prisoners of those who were re-arrested after Wafa al-Ahrar deal including Samer al-Issawi were released while four of them have been deported to Gaza, identified as Ayman Sharawna, Iyad Abu Fannouneh, Ayman Abu Dawood, and the female captive Hana Shalabi, after being engaged in long hunger strikes.
Meanwhile 12 liberated prisoners are still held in Israeli jails, in addition to the female captive Mona Ka'adan.
The Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs called on parties who sponsored the agreement and all human rights institutions to pressure the IOA to release the liberated prisoners and to stop targeting them.
Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal was signed between Hamas movement and Israeli occupation with Egyptian mediation in October 2011. Nearly 1,047 Palestinian prisoners, from different Palestinian areas and affiliated to different Palestinian factions, were released in the deal that was considered a historic achievement for the Palestinian resistance.
IOA have threatened the liberated prisoners to re-impose their old sentences on them or to be deported to Gaza or abroad, the Department of Statistics added.
Six liberated prisoners of those who were re-arrested after Wafa al-Ahrar deal including Samer al-Issawi were released while four of them have been deported to Gaza, identified as Ayman Sharawna, Iyad Abu Fannouneh, Ayman Abu Dawood, and the female captive Hana Shalabi, after being engaged in long hunger strikes.
Meanwhile 12 liberated prisoners are still held in Israeli jails, in addition to the female captive Mona Ka'adan.
The Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs called on parties who sponsored the agreement and all human rights institutions to pressure the IOA to release the liberated prisoners and to stop targeting them.
Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal was signed between Hamas movement and Israeli occupation with Egyptian mediation in October 2011. Nearly 1,047 Palestinian prisoners, from different Palestinian areas and affiliated to different Palestinian factions, were released in the deal that was considered a historic achievement for the Palestinian resistance.
23 dec 2013

Issawi moments after he was released
The Israeli prison service released prominent Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi on Monday evening, freeing him to return to his East Jerusalem home.
Local sources told Ma'an that Issawi was set free from Shatta prison in northern Israel, and he is expected to arrive in his village of Issawiya by 8PM, where hundreds are waiting to welcome him.
His release comes after Israeli forces raided his family home twice in the last days.
On Sunday morning, Israeli forces handed notices to his brother and father demanding they meet with Israeli intelligence forces.
On Monday morning, Israeli forces raided his home again and threatened his family that they would not allow any celebration of his release to take place in the neighborhood.
Issawi was released as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike in April, during which time he became an international cause célèbre who focused attention on the plight of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Issawi's hunger strike was one of the longest in history, and brought him close to death.
Ufree Network Congratulates Samer Issawi On This Historic Victory
and wish him a fruitful life amongst his family and friends
Israeli authorities have released Monday evening (23rd December) the Jerusalemite prisoner, Samer Issawi, who engaged in one of the longest hunger strikes in history after spending more than 11 years inside Israeli jails.
Issawi has been released as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike in April, this year, afterwhich he became an international hero and brought the world’s attention to the plight of the thousands of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails.
Prior to reaching the agreement which secured his pending release, Israeli authorities offered him a number of agreements that involved deportation to Gaza, a reduced prison term, and deportation to Europe. Issawi, however, refused until Israel relented and allowed him to return to his Jerusalem home, after serving eight more months.
Samer was first arrested by Israeli occupation forces during the Second Intifada, but was among hundreds of prisoners released in 2011 as part of a deal to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The release agreement confined him to Jerusalem, but he was re-arrested in July 2012 after traveling to a village which is located mostly in Jerusalem, but also partially in the West Bank.
He subsequently launched a hunger strike against the renewed detention, and only concluded the strike after Israel agreed to release him.
UFree Network congratulates Samer Issawi on this historic victory and wishes him a fruitful life amongst his family and friends.
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The Israeli prison service released prominent Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi on Monday evening, freeing him to return to his East Jerusalem home.
Local sources told Ma'an that Issawi was set free from Shatta prison in northern Israel, and he is expected to arrive in his village of Issawiya by 8PM, where hundreds are waiting to welcome him.
His release comes after Israeli forces raided his family home twice in the last days.
On Sunday morning, Israeli forces handed notices to his brother and father demanding they meet with Israeli intelligence forces.
On Monday morning, Israeli forces raided his home again and threatened his family that they would not allow any celebration of his release to take place in the neighborhood.
Issawi was released as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike in April, during which time he became an international cause célèbre who focused attention on the plight of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Issawi's hunger strike was one of the longest in history, and brought him close to death.
Ufree Network Congratulates Samer Issawi On This Historic Victory
and wish him a fruitful life amongst his family and friends
Israeli authorities have released Monday evening (23rd December) the Jerusalemite prisoner, Samer Issawi, who engaged in one of the longest hunger strikes in history after spending more than 11 years inside Israeli jails.
Issawi has been released as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike in April, this year, afterwhich he became an international hero and brought the world’s attention to the plight of the thousands of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails.
Prior to reaching the agreement which secured his pending release, Israeli authorities offered him a number of agreements that involved deportation to Gaza, a reduced prison term, and deportation to Europe. Issawi, however, refused until Israel relented and allowed him to return to his Jerusalem home, after serving eight more months.
Samer was first arrested by Israeli occupation forces during the Second Intifada, but was among hundreds of prisoners released in 2011 as part of a deal to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The release agreement confined him to Jerusalem, but he was re-arrested in July 2012 after traveling to a village which is located mostly in Jerusalem, but also partially in the West Bank.
He subsequently launched a hunger strike against the renewed detention, and only concluded the strike after Israel agreed to release him.
UFree Network congratulates Samer Issawi on this historic victory and wishes him a fruitful life amongst his family and friends.
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19 oct 2013

Hamas movement has renewed its adherence to freeing all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and to liberating the entire land of historical Palestine. On the second anniversary of Wafa al-Ahrar deal, Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of Hamas Political Bureau, stated that the deal reflected the Palestinian resistance's will to liberate the prisoners after five years of negotiations and pressures, saying that Shalit's capture damaged the Israeli army’s reputation.
He opined that the exchange deal was a blessed victory for al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and a failure to the Israeli authorities.
Meanwhile, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) stated that capturing Israeli soldiers is the effective way and strategy to liberate Palestinian prisoners, saying that Wafa al-Ahrar deal was a reliable example to break the Israeli shackles.
In a press release, the PRC called for a national strategy to liberate the prisoners from Israeli jails, and a national program that protects the Palestinian constants and resistance option.
The Palestinian people marked on Friday the second anniversary of the first phase of Wafa al-Ahrar deal that was signed between Hamas movement and Israeli occupation under Egyptian mediation in 2011, where 1047 Palestinian prisoners were released in the deal in exchange for the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
He opined that the exchange deal was a blessed victory for al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and a failure to the Israeli authorities.
Meanwhile, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) stated that capturing Israeli soldiers is the effective way and strategy to liberate Palestinian prisoners, saying that Wafa al-Ahrar deal was a reliable example to break the Israeli shackles.
In a press release, the PRC called for a national strategy to liberate the prisoners from Israeli jails, and a national program that protects the Palestinian constants and resistance option.
The Palestinian people marked on Friday the second anniversary of the first phase of Wafa al-Ahrar deal that was signed between Hamas movement and Israeli occupation under Egyptian mediation in 2011, where 1047 Palestinian prisoners were released in the deal in exchange for the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip said they received phone calls on Friday from the Israeli army accusing Hamas of failing to provide for civilians.
"To the residents of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army warns you against obeying the orders of the terrorist Hamas or having any contact with it," the recipient of one such pre-recorded message quoted it as saying.
"Know that Hamas is spending millions of dollars on tunnels used for hostile and terrorist acts against the state of Israel," it said. "This money should have gone to infrastructure, education and health projects."
The movement's interior ministry said that dozens of Palestinians received the calls.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israeli officials on Sunday said troops had uncovered a tunnel running from Gaza 450 yards into Israel and allegedly intended as a springboard for attacks.
Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth said Friday that Israel had known about the tunnel for over a year and let Hamas leaders continue to pour resources into it.
"Sometimes, as part of the war of minds, (Israel) lets them invest money, wrack their brains, waste human resources, and only toward the end of the digging, does it hold up a stop sign," the paper's defense correspondent Alex Fishman wrote.
Friday's phone blitz came on the anniversary of the Oct. 18, 2011 release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Shalit was snatched in June 2006 by a group of Hamas and other armed groups who snuck into Israel through a tunnel and took their prisoner back to Gaza the same way.
Hamas feted the lopsided prisoner swap as a major victory.
"Resistance is our way to destroy the (Israeli) occupation and break its will and is our way to liberate our prisoners and our holy places," it said Friday in a statement to mark the anniversary.
"To the residents of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army warns you against obeying the orders of the terrorist Hamas or having any contact with it," the recipient of one such pre-recorded message quoted it as saying.
"Know that Hamas is spending millions of dollars on tunnels used for hostile and terrorist acts against the state of Israel," it said. "This money should have gone to infrastructure, education and health projects."
The movement's interior ministry said that dozens of Palestinians received the calls.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israeli officials on Sunday said troops had uncovered a tunnel running from Gaza 450 yards into Israel and allegedly intended as a springboard for attacks.
Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth said Friday that Israel had known about the tunnel for over a year and let Hamas leaders continue to pour resources into it.
"Sometimes, as part of the war of minds, (Israel) lets them invest money, wrack their brains, waste human resources, and only toward the end of the digging, does it hold up a stop sign," the paper's defense correspondent Alex Fishman wrote.
Friday's phone blitz came on the anniversary of the Oct. 18, 2011 release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Shalit was snatched in June 2006 by a group of Hamas and other armed groups who snuck into Israel through a tunnel and took their prisoner back to Gaza the same way.
Hamas feted the lopsided prisoner swap as a major victory.
"Resistance is our way to destroy the (Israeli) occupation and break its will and is our way to liberate our prisoners and our holy places," it said Friday in a statement to mark the anniversary.
18 oct 2013

The Palestinian people marked today the second anniversary of the first phase of Wafa al-Ahrar deal that was signed between Hamas movement and Israeli occupation under Egyptian mediation in 2011. Nearly 1047 Palestinian prisoners, from different Palestinian areas and affiliated to different Palestinian factions, were released in the deal.
On 11 October 2011, Hamas movement declared that it had reached a deal with the occupation authorities to liberate Palestinian prisoners.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the exchange deal as a "difficult decision, while the spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades Abu Obeida said that the deal was "a historic achievement for the Palestinian resistance."
On the same day, the Israeli government approved the deal after 26 ministers voted in favor of it while three senior cabinet ministers including Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected the deal.
The head of the Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal declared at that time that 1027 Palestinian prisoners are going to be released in exchange of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Meshaal also stated that 315 prisoners sentenced to life terms are included in the deal in addition to 27 Palestinian female captives.
The exchange deal includes two phases. The first phase will release 450 prisoners in addition to 27 female captives during a week, while 550 prisoners will be liberated in a second phase after a month, Meshaal continued.
On October 18, 2011 the Israeli authorities transferred the liberated prisoners from the Israeli prisons to Gaza and West Bank, while some of them were deported outside the occupied territories.
After a short period of time, al-Qassam Brigades handed the Israeli soldier to the Egyptian authorities. Israeli doctors conducted medical tests on him to make sure of his health condition.
Leaders in Hamas movement and Gaza government led by PM Ismail Haniyeh received the liberated prisoners at Rafah crossing, while PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas received the liberated prisoners sent to West Bank.
Meanwhile, Shalit was transferred in a military plane to Tel Nof base near "Tel Aviv", where he was received by Israeli senior officials headed by the Prime Minister Netanyahu before being transferred to his parents' house.
Nearly 40 liberated prisoners were deported from Cairo airport to Syria, Qatar and Turkey.
On December 15, the IPS has published a list containing 550 prisoners' names as part of the second phase of the exchange deal under Egyptian mediation.
On December 18, 550 Palestinian prisoners were released and transferred to West Bank and Gaza Strip.
On 11 October 2011, Hamas movement declared that it had reached a deal with the occupation authorities to liberate Palestinian prisoners.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the exchange deal as a "difficult decision, while the spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades Abu Obeida said that the deal was "a historic achievement for the Palestinian resistance."
On the same day, the Israeli government approved the deal after 26 ministers voted in favor of it while three senior cabinet ministers including Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected the deal.
The head of the Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal declared at that time that 1027 Palestinian prisoners are going to be released in exchange of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Meshaal also stated that 315 prisoners sentenced to life terms are included in the deal in addition to 27 Palestinian female captives.
The exchange deal includes two phases. The first phase will release 450 prisoners in addition to 27 female captives during a week, while 550 prisoners will be liberated in a second phase after a month, Meshaal continued.
On October 18, 2011 the Israeli authorities transferred the liberated prisoners from the Israeli prisons to Gaza and West Bank, while some of them were deported outside the occupied territories.
After a short period of time, al-Qassam Brigades handed the Israeli soldier to the Egyptian authorities. Israeli doctors conducted medical tests on him to make sure of his health condition.
Leaders in Hamas movement and Gaza government led by PM Ismail Haniyeh received the liberated prisoners at Rafah crossing, while PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas received the liberated prisoners sent to West Bank.
Meanwhile, Shalit was transferred in a military plane to Tel Nof base near "Tel Aviv", where he was received by Israeli senior officials headed by the Prime Minister Netanyahu before being transferred to his parents' house.
Nearly 40 liberated prisoners were deported from Cairo airport to Syria, Qatar and Turkey.
On December 15, the IPS has published a list containing 550 prisoners' names as part of the second phase of the exchange deal under Egyptian mediation.
On December 18, 550 Palestinian prisoners were released and transferred to West Bank and Gaza Strip.
14 oct 2013

The Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees issued a press release revealing that Israel is currently holding captive 5200 Palestinians in 17 prisons, detention camps, and interrogation facilities.
It said that this year witnessed a sharp escalation in arrests as the soldiers kidnapped 2450 Palestinians, including 476 children and 49 women since the beginning of the year.
It said that the army kidnapped at least 600 Palestinian security and police officers, and that the number of Hamas affiliated detainees is 1100, and 365 detainees who are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), while the rest are members of different factions.
The Ministry stated that Israel is currently holding captive 13 democratically elected legislators, and that the Israeli military kidnapped a total of 60 legislators and ministers (%46 of the members of the Palestinian Legislative Council). Among the detained legislators are Marwan Barghouthi, Ahmad Saadat and Hassan Yousef.
Furthermore, the illegitimate Israeli policy of Administrative Detention without charges
remains a systematic Israeli strategy despite repeated and extended hunger strikes by Administrative Detainees held under those arbitrary orders under “secret files” that neither the detainees nor their lawyers have no access to.
There are currently 150 Palestinians held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, while 23.000 Palestinians have been held under these orders since the year 2000.
Currently, detainee Akram Al-Faseesy, from Ithna town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is ongoing with his hunger strike that started on September 29 2013.
Palestinian detainees held under Administrative Detention orders started on October 10 a series of protests against their illegal detention, this includes returning meals, boycotting Israeli military courts, and a number of open-ended hungers strikes.
As for children and women currently held by Israel, the Ministry said that there are 250 children and 13 women who are still imprisoned, and that Israel soldiers kidnapped approximately 9500 children since the year 2000.
There are 520 Palestinian detainees who are serving a minimum of one life term; this includes detainee Abdullah Barghouthi who was sentenced to 67 life-terms and additional 250 years. He was taken prisoner on March 5 2003.
The number of detainees who have been imprisoned since before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 is 78 detainees, 68 of them have been imprisoned since more than 20 years, and 24 have been imprisoned since more than 25 years.
In its report, the Ministry said that Israel is ongoing with its illegitimate policy of depriving the ailing detainees from the urgently needed and specialized medical care, especially since there are currently 1400 sick detainees, including 25 suffering with different types of cancer.
Dozens of detainees have been shot and injured, suffering from various conditions including paralysis, and detainees who suffer from heart, kidneys and liver conditions, while others suffer from diabetes, eye diseases and conditions, Tuberculosis, in addition to other conditions.
The Ministry further stated that there are a number of detainees who are dying and are not receiving the needed extensive and specialized medical attention.
The oldest detainee held by Israel is Fuad Shobaky, 83 years of age, followed by Omar Akkawy, 64. The number of detainees who died in prison, either due to torture, or due to being shot by the soldiers during and after their arrest currently stands at 204.
The latest casualties among the detainees are Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, 63, who died on April 2nd 2013, and Arafat Jaradat, 20, who died on February 22 2013.
Abu Hamdiyya suffered a fourth stage Carcinoma in his lung lymphatic, liver and spine, throat cancer extending to his vocal cords, and brain tumor.
Despite the seriousness of his condition, the Israeli Prison Administration did not grant Abu Hamdiyya the needed specialized and urgent medical treatment, until it was too late.
Detainee Arafat Jaradat, died at the Mejeddo Israeli prison, seven days after his arrest, he was a healthy young man from Sa’ir town in Hebron, and was tortured to death by Israeli interrogators.
The Ministry said that the detainees are suffering from abuse and various violations and attacks carried out against them, especially since Israel violated an agreement reached with the detainees in May of last year following an extended hunger strike.
Swap
Seventeen of the detainees who were released under the Shalit prisoner swap agreement have been rearrested and imprisoned; three of the released detainees are still not allowed back home, while dozens of detainees are still held in solitary confinement in violation of the swap agreement.
Other violations include denying the detainees the right to education, provocative searches, including strip search of the detainees and their visiting families, collective punishment, medical negligence, and denying the ailing detainees the right to healthy meals that include dietary restrictions.
It said that this year witnessed a sharp escalation in arrests as the soldiers kidnapped 2450 Palestinians, including 476 children and 49 women since the beginning of the year.
It said that the army kidnapped at least 600 Palestinian security and police officers, and that the number of Hamas affiliated detainees is 1100, and 365 detainees who are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), while the rest are members of different factions.
The Ministry stated that Israel is currently holding captive 13 democratically elected legislators, and that the Israeli military kidnapped a total of 60 legislators and ministers (%46 of the members of the Palestinian Legislative Council). Among the detained legislators are Marwan Barghouthi, Ahmad Saadat and Hassan Yousef.
Furthermore, the illegitimate Israeli policy of Administrative Detention without charges
remains a systematic Israeli strategy despite repeated and extended hunger strikes by Administrative Detainees held under those arbitrary orders under “secret files” that neither the detainees nor their lawyers have no access to.
There are currently 150 Palestinians held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, while 23.000 Palestinians have been held under these orders since the year 2000.
Currently, detainee Akram Al-Faseesy, from Ithna town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is ongoing with his hunger strike that started on September 29 2013.
Palestinian detainees held under Administrative Detention orders started on October 10 a series of protests against their illegal detention, this includes returning meals, boycotting Israeli military courts, and a number of open-ended hungers strikes.
As for children and women currently held by Israel, the Ministry said that there are 250 children and 13 women who are still imprisoned, and that Israel soldiers kidnapped approximately 9500 children since the year 2000.
There are 520 Palestinian detainees who are serving a minimum of one life term; this includes detainee Abdullah Barghouthi who was sentenced to 67 life-terms and additional 250 years. He was taken prisoner on March 5 2003.
The number of detainees who have been imprisoned since before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 is 78 detainees, 68 of them have been imprisoned since more than 20 years, and 24 have been imprisoned since more than 25 years.
In its report, the Ministry said that Israel is ongoing with its illegitimate policy of depriving the ailing detainees from the urgently needed and specialized medical care, especially since there are currently 1400 sick detainees, including 25 suffering with different types of cancer.
Dozens of detainees have been shot and injured, suffering from various conditions including paralysis, and detainees who suffer from heart, kidneys and liver conditions, while others suffer from diabetes, eye diseases and conditions, Tuberculosis, in addition to other conditions.
The Ministry further stated that there are a number of detainees who are dying and are not receiving the needed extensive and specialized medical attention.
The oldest detainee held by Israel is Fuad Shobaky, 83 years of age, followed by Omar Akkawy, 64. The number of detainees who died in prison, either due to torture, or due to being shot by the soldiers during and after their arrest currently stands at 204.
The latest casualties among the detainees are Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, 63, who died on April 2nd 2013, and Arafat Jaradat, 20, who died on February 22 2013.
Abu Hamdiyya suffered a fourth stage Carcinoma in his lung lymphatic, liver and spine, throat cancer extending to his vocal cords, and brain tumor.
Despite the seriousness of his condition, the Israeli Prison Administration did not grant Abu Hamdiyya the needed specialized and urgent medical treatment, until it was too late.
Detainee Arafat Jaradat, died at the Mejeddo Israeli prison, seven days after his arrest, he was a healthy young man from Sa’ir town in Hebron, and was tortured to death by Israeli interrogators.
The Ministry said that the detainees are suffering from abuse and various violations and attacks carried out against them, especially since Israel violated an agreement reached with the detainees in May of last year following an extended hunger strike.
Swap
Seventeen of the detainees who were released under the Shalit prisoner swap agreement have been rearrested and imprisoned; three of the released detainees are still not allowed back home, while dozens of detainees are still held in solitary confinement in violation of the swap agreement.
Other violations include denying the detainees the right to education, provocative searches, including strip search of the detainees and their visiting families, collective punishment, medical negligence, and denying the ailing detainees the right to healthy meals that include dietary restrictions.
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