Swap Deal Officially Kicks-Off, Palestinians on Way Home
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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will breathe the air of freedom on Tuesday, as the prisoner-swap deal signed between Hamas and the "Israeli" entity has effectively entered the implementation process.
The deal will set 1027 Palestinian detainees free on two phases in exchange for the release of corporal Gilad Shalit. Media sources reported that Shalit was moved to Egypt in preparation to be handed to Israel after it releases the first 477 detainees.
The second phase will ensure the release of 550 detainees two months after the first phase is concluded.
On Tuesday around 2 a.m. at dawn, 96 detainees were moved from the Negev Detention Camp to the Ofer Prison in preparation to be released into the West Bank, while 334 detainees were loaded onto buses that will drive them to the Kerem Shalom (Karem Abu Salem) Crossing between "Israel" and Gaza.
On the other side, Gilad Shalit arrived to Egypt, where he is designated to head to the Occupied Palestine.
Also around 4 a.m., a bus loaded with 27 female detainees, 16 detainees from al-Quds (Jerusalem), and three from the 1948 territories drove off on its way to release them.
According to Palestinian sources, four female detainees were sent to Karem Abu Salem Crossing, while one detainee from the Golan Heights was moved to a local police station. Three detainees from the 1948 territories were moved to Majiddo Prison in preparation for their release.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will breathe the air of freedom on Tuesday, as the prisoner-swap deal signed between Hamas and the "Israeli" entity has effectively entered the implementation process.
The deal will set 1027 Palestinian detainees free on two phases in exchange for the release of corporal Gilad Shalit. Media sources reported that Shalit was moved to Egypt in preparation to be handed to Israel after it releases the first 477 detainees.
The second phase will ensure the release of 550 detainees two months after the first phase is concluded.
On Tuesday around 2 a.m. at dawn, 96 detainees were moved from the Negev Detention Camp to the Ofer Prison in preparation to be released into the West Bank, while 334 detainees were loaded onto buses that will drive them to the Kerem Shalom (Karem Abu Salem) Crossing between "Israel" and Gaza.
On the other side, Gilad Shalit arrived to Egypt, where he is designated to head to the Occupied Palestine.
Also around 4 a.m., a bus loaded with 27 female detainees, 16 detainees from al-Quds (Jerusalem), and three from the 1948 territories drove off on its way to release them.
According to Palestinian sources, four female detainees were sent to Karem Abu Salem Crossing, while one detainee from the Golan Heights was moved to a local police station. Three detainees from the 1948 territories were moved to Majiddo Prison in preparation for their release.
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