Against all odds, The Palestine Chronicle amplifies Palestinian voices and reports the truth about Gaza. But we can't do it without you. Your support sustains our powerful, independent model of journalism.
Zakaria Zubeidi

Resistance Secures Release of 110 Palestinian Prisoners, Including Zakaria Zubeidi
By Palestine Chronicle Staff As part of the ongoing prisoner exchange, Israel released 110 Palestinian detainees, including 32 serving life sentences and 30 children. Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday as part of […]

Zakaria Zubeidi among Key Figures Slated for Release – List Revealed
By Palestine Chronicle Staff We now have a list of Palestinian prisoners set to be released today as part of the second phase of the prisoner exchange. Below are all the latest updates on […]

An Icon of the Second Intifada – Who is Zakaria Zubeidi? – PROFILE
By Robert Inlakesh Zakaria Zubeidi, an iconic figure of the Second Intifada and a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, is set to be released as part of the prisoner-exchange deal. An icon of […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Child in Jenin (VIDEO)
A Palestinian child succumbed on Sunday to critical wounds he sustained earlier in the day by Israeli gunfire during a military raid into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official news agency WAFA […]

Israeli Authorities Isolate 400 Palestinian Prisoners
Israeli occupation authorities have isolated 400 Palestinian prisoners for 11 days, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) said in a statement on Sunday. Prisoners affiliated with the Islamic Jihad movement were being distributed among the prisons […]

Resistance Icon Zakaria Zubeidi Obtains Master’s Degree while in Prison
Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi successfully obtained a Master’s degree from the West Bank’s Birzeit University last week, Arabi21 reported. Zubeidi, who is one of six political prisoners who escaped from Israel’s Gilboa prison in September […]

Daoud Zubeidi, Brother of Zakaria, Succumbs to Wounds
Daoud Zubeidi, the brother of Palestinian prisoner Zakaria, succumbed on Sunday to the injuries he sustained at the hands of the Israeli forces in the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, Al Mayadeen […]

Palestinian Prisoner Zubeidi Enters Seventh Day on Hunger Strike
Palestinian political prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi has entered on Monday the seventh day of his hunger strike in protest against his continued detention in solitary confinement, Arab48 reported. According to his lawyer, Avigdor Fieldman, Zubeidi – who […]

Israel Files Charges against Six Gilboa Prison Escapees
Israel’s public attorney on Sunday filed an indictment against six Palestinian prisoners, who had tunneled out of a high-security prison in northern Israel last month before being rearrested, reports Anadolu Agency. Indictments were filed on […]

Gilboa Prison Escapees Held in Solitary Confinement, Lawyer Says
Six Palestinian political prisoners who broke out of a high-security Israeli prison are now being held in solitary confinement, a lawyer for one of the detainees has said, according to The New Arab. The six prisoners […]

One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi
By Ramzy Baroud Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on September 6, tunneled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. Zubeidi was recaptured a few days later. The […]

Prisoners’ Lawyer: Zakaria Zubeidi was Severely Beaten after Arrest, Suffers from Broken Jaws, Ribs
The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs said today that Zakaria Zubeidi, one of four Palestinians who were caught over the weekend after his escape from prison in Israel along with five others last week, […]

Lawyer Allowed to Visit Four Recaptured Palestinian Prisoners
The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said its attorney will be allowed tonight to visit the four recaptured Palestinian prisoners who broke out of prison last week and are currently held in Israeli custody. The […]

ICRC Expects to Visit Recaptured Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Custody
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today that it expects to be able to visit the four Palestinian political prisoners who broke out of prison last week and are currently held in […]

Zakaria Zubeidi Hospitalized Due to Brutal Beating by Israeli Police
Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the four Palestinian freedom fighters who were captured yesterday by the Israeli occupation forces after their daring escape from Gilboa Prison, was moved to the hospital today due to the brutal […]

Israel Extends Detention of 4 Escaped Palestinian Prisoners
The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Nazareth city has extended the detention of four Palestinian inmates, who had escaped from a high-security prison earlier this week, reported Anadolu Agency. The Israeli General Prosecution had requested during […]