30 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails yesterday as part of the new peace agreement, as we’ve been informing you.
Budour Hassan, from Amnesty International, talked to BBC Radio 4 about a woman named Nurhan who is a prisoner.
Nurhan, who was 15 years old, was accused of trying to attack someone with scissors, according to Hassan.
Israeli soldiers shot and hurt Nurhan, and they also killed her cousin.
Nurhan got 13 and a half years in prison, and Hassan thinks it’s too much.
She says Nurhan studied for her high school tests in jail, and was helped by other women prisoners, who were also political activists.
After she was set free, the first thing she did was go to her cousin’s grave, according to Hassan.
As we have been telling you, mostly women and teenage boys have been let go as part of the truce.
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Released Palestinian prisoner accused of ‘attempting scissor attack’
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Expectations of prolonged ceasefire in Gaza as more hostages released
There is a chance that the agreement to stop fighting between Israel and Hamas could continue. They are having discussions in Qatar to try and make a new deal.
Israel says it got a list of people held captive in Gaza and they might be set free on Wednesday, which is the sixth day of the current truce.
On Tuesday, Hamas let go of 12 hostages and Israel released 30 more Palestinian prisoners.
Ada Sagi’s son said he was very happy when his mom, who turned 75 while in Gaza, was released. He told the BBC he was “over the moon” about it.
Palestinian prisoners say they were treated badly in Israeli jails. A 14-year-old boy said he saw people being hit. Israel has not said anything about it.
Hamas went over the border and killed 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October. They also took about 240 people as hostages.
From that time, Gaza’s Hamas-led health department reports that over 14,800 people have been killed in Israel’s campaign to strike back, including around 6,000 children.
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39 Palestinian detainees scheduled to be released to West Bank
Big signs hang on the walls of Ofer prison complex in the West Bank that is occupied by Israel – the words “United we will succeed. ” in big blue and white letters, alongside the Israeli flag.
Today, 39 Palestinian prisoners are expected to come here. They were let out of Israeli jails in return for 13 people that Hamas was keeping as hostages.
Israel is going to pick 39 prisoners from a group of 300 women and young people. They are accused of doing bad things like throwing stones or trying to hurt someone.
Most of them are locked up without being put on trial. Most of the people on the list are teenage boys, with 40% of them being under 18 years old.
The families of the 39 prisoners who are getting out today will meet at a checkpoint nearby to welcome them.
Human rights groups say more Palestinians have been put in Israeli jails without being charged since the attacks on October 7th.
Currently, there are over 6,000 Palestinians in Israeli custody for security reasons, with many still waiting for their trials to begin.