Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has assured Palestinians that efforts are ongoing to free detainees held by Israel, reports Anadolu Agency.
“The efforts made by Hamas to secure the release of all Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons are still ongoing,” Haniyeh said during a phone call with Anhar al-Deek to congratulate her on her release from an Israeli prison, according to a Hamas statement on Saturday.
#Egypt is exerting immense pressure on #Hamas and #Israel to agree to a prisoner exchange agreement, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said on Sunday.
Report by @KhaledAbuToameh https://t.co/NHfeHLtKym
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) September 5, 2021
On Thursday, an Israeli court ruled to conditionally release al-Deek, who is nine months pregnant.
“The Ofer Military Court decided to release her on a financial bail of 40,000 shekels ($12,500) while also putting her under house arrest in her family’s home in the town of Kafr Ni’ma (west of Ramallah),” her lawyer Akram Samara said.
Hamas insists Marwan Barghouti be part of any prisoner swap with Israel https://t.co/RB04ekY6o3
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) August 4, 2021
Haniyeh vowed to make the issue of detainees “at the top of [Hamas] priorities” and praised the detainees for their steadfastness.
There are around 4,850 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including 41 women, 225 children, and 540 administrative detainees, according to rights groups.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
