Of the 200 prisoners released, 120 were serving life sentences
Israel released this Saturday 200 Palestinian terrorists as part of the ceasefire agreement with the terrorist group Hamas, among whom are the longest-held prisoner, and various high-profile captives who carried out attacks during the Second Intifada (2000-2005).
Of the 200 terrorists released (50 for each of the female soldiers who left Gaza this Saturday), 120 were serving life sentences, while another 80 were serving long sentences.
Sources in Gaza confirmed to the news agency EFE that Two dozen of those released reached the Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. (at the southeastern end of the enclave). Another 70 were deported to Egypt and the rest released in the West Bank. (more than a hundred) and a few to Jerusalem.
(Some of the plaques that Israeli authorities unveiled about various released Palestinians)
Participants in attacks during the Second Intifada
Zagair Ashraf: He was part of Hamas and was arrested accused of involvement in the suicide bombing on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv on September 19, 2002. A Palestinian blew himself up on a bus as it passed the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, killing six civilians and wounding 70 people.
Kasem Waill: It was him Hamas terrorist leader in Silwan, East Jerusalem neighborhood, the Palestinian part of the city. He was sentenced to 35 life sentences for participating in the Moment Café and Hebrew University attacks in the city, which claimed the lives of 11 and 9 people respectively, and that of Club Sheffield, where 15 people died and 50 were injured.
Mohamed al Arida: Recognized as one of the “Freedom Tunnel prisoners,” as Palestinian media describe the group of six people who escaped from Israel’s maximum-security Gilboa prison on September 6, 2021. He was in prison for having participated in attacks during the Second Intifada such as member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was sentenced to three life sentences and an additional 20 years.
Mardawi Tabat: About 50 years old, he was a senior Islamic Jihad official in Jenin, a city in the north of the West Bank that has been the target of a massive anti-terrorist raid by the Israeli army since last Tuesday. He was imprisoned in 2002 and sentenced to 21 life sentences and 40 additional years for Participating in attacks that claimed the lives of 20 people (civilians and military) and injured another 150. Among them, four suicide bus attacks, a shooting, a car bomb detonation and an explosion.
Nassim Zaatari: A member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, Zaatari was sentenced to 24 life terms. He was charged with transporting Raed Misk, the perpetrator of the suicide bombing of Jerusalem bus number 2 on August 19, 2003., in which 23 people died and about 130 were injured.
Other terrorists released by Israel
Mohamed Al Tus: A native of Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, Al Tus was in prison since 1985 sentenced to life imprisonment for his militancy in the secular Fatah movement. Palestinian media refer to him as the “dean” of prisoners, since, at 69 years old, He was the longest-held prisoner.
Said al-Saadi: It was Jenin's longest-serving prisoner, according to Palestinian media (a total of 36 years, having been arrested in 1989). He was sentenced to two life sentences for participating in attacks during the First Intifada (1987-1993).
Wael Jaghoub: Aged 49 and from Beita, south of Nablus, he was a regional leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He had been in prison since 2001 on a life sentence, and during his years in Israeli jails he became a recognized leader of the Palestinian prisoners' movement.
Nur Yaber: one of the masterminds behind the 2002 Hebron attack in which three Palestinian militants killed twelve Israeli soldiers, including three high-ranking officers, in an alley in the city of Hebron. The attack was claimed by Islamic Jihad.
(With information from AFP, EFE and EP)
Source: INFOBAE