US EditionIsrael Releases 1,968 Prisoners Under Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Prison Service Confirms
Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinians including political prisoners and forcibly disappeared detainees in exchange for 114 Israeli captives held by Hamas, amid ongoing conflict.
- On Monday, October 13, 2025, the Israeli prison service said it freed nearly 2,000 mostly Palestinian detainees under a Gaza ceasefire, exchanging them for 20 living and 28 deceased Israeli captives from Gaza.
- After Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, Israeli troops detained thousands during the two-year war in raids on shelters, hospitals and checkpoints, prompting negotiations for captive swaps.
- Among those released are 250 Palestinian political prisoners serving long or life terms, and about 154 deported prisoners were taken to Egypt before third countries, the United Nations says.
- Israeli authorities told families not to celebrate or gather, with Alaa Bani Odeh saying, `'No reception is allowed, no celebration is allowed, no gatherings.'` The bodies of four hostages were returned to Israel for identification.
- Rights groups reported routine abuse including beatings and starvation, human rights researchers warned freed prisoners risk re-arrest shortly, while Marwan Barghouti and Dr Hussam Abu Safia remain detained.
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Forbidden the celebrations but the crowd in Ramallah and Gaza welcomes the inmates. The hug with the families: "For years disconnected from the world and treated so as to...
By Tim Lister, Abeer Salman, Nada Bashir and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinians from its prisons on Monday as part of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, sparking emotional scenes of families reuniting with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind bars. More than 1,700 of those released were detainees who had been held without charge by Israeli forces in Gaza since the start of the war, which began with Hamas-led attacks o…
Greta Privitera talks about the return of the 20 Israelis still alive in the hands of Hamas and the release of almost 2,000 Palestinians. Anna Momigliano tells...
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