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Palestinian prisoners' organization chief accuses Israel of stalling prisoner swap deal

Date: 2025-02-01 14:52:55 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11050193

CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Head of the Palestinian Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs Authority Qadura Fares said the handover of Israeli prisoners as part of the 4th batch of the first phase of an exchange agreement, was broadcast live, showing that ....

Bus carrying 32 released Palestinians arrives in Ramallah under prisoner exchange deal

Date: 2025-02-01 12:10:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11049992

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - A bus carrying 32 Palestinian detainees released by the Israeli occupation authorities arrived in Ramallah coming from Ofer Prison as part of the prisoner exchange deal under the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. According to ....

Gaza Strip integral part of future Palestinian state: Russian foreign ministry

Date: 2025-02-01 12:05:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:11049915

CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) – Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova asserted that the Gaza Strip is unequivocally an integral part of the future Palestinian state in addition to East Jerusalem (al Quds) and the West Bank. The ....

Fatah urges Arab states' support of Egyptian, Jordanian stands rejecting displacement of Palestinians

Date: 2025-02-01 12:02:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11049920

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Fatah Movement Spokesperson Abdel Fattah Dawla on Saturday underscored the importance of the support of Arab countries and the international community for the Egyptian and Jordanian stands rejecting forced displacement of ....

Israeli forces continue large-scale military offensive on Jenin, its camp

Date: 2025-02-01 11:14:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11049917

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army continues its aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the 12th consecutive day, resulting so far in the killing of 19 Palestinians. WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation ....

Hamas hands over American-Israeli hostage to Red Cross at Gaza Port

Date: 2025-02-01 10:30:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11049802

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) – Al Qassam Brigades (IQB), the military arm of Hamas, handed over on Saturday an American-Israeli hostage to the Red Cross as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal. The ....

Hamas calls for pressuring occupation into implementing humanitarian protocol

Date: 2025-02-01 09:48:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11049910

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - Hamas on Saturday called for pressuring the Israeli occupation into implementing the humanitarian protocol in the ceasefire agreement. Hamas added in a statement, carried by Al Qahera News channel that despite hard and ....

Hamas hands over 2 Israeli hostages to Red Cross

Date: 2025-02-01 07:42:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11049726

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas handed over on Saturday two Israeli hostages, detained since October 7, 2023 to teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of the fourth batch of the ....

183 prisoners to be released on Saturday, says Palestinian prisoners' affairs bodies

Date: 2025-01-31 20:56:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11049585

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners Club and the Palestinian Prisoners' Information Office announced on Friday that the updated number of Palestinian prisoners to be released on ....

Israeli occupation forces fire tear gas at dozens of Palestinians as they receive released prisoners

Date: 2025-01-30 18:07:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11048362

GAZA CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas at dozens of Palestinians as they received released prisoners from Ofer prison as part of the ceasefire and the implementation of the third batch of the first phase of the ....