Details - Release of 4 Jerusalemite prisoners in the fifth batch of the exchange deal
On the 21st day of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the fifth batch of the exchange deal between Israel and Hamas was implemented in its first phase, and 4 Jerusalemite prisoners were released.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center - Jerusalem said that the prisoners who were released are: Ibrahim al-Natsheh, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison and has been detained since 2014, Issam Imad Atoun, Mohammad Imad Atoun and Rushdi Abu Rammouz, who were sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison and have been in detention since 2022.
The Information Center said that the prisoners are from the areas of Sur Baher and Kufor Aqab.
Procedures for the release of Jerusalemite prisoners
The center explained that the occupation authorities summoned the families of the prisoners "Atoun and Abu Rammouz", and asked them to come immediately to the Al-Maskoubiya Police Station / Room 4 in West Jerusalem, in preparation for the release of their sons, and informed them of the conditions of the release "not to gather during the reception of the prisoner, not to raise flags and banners, not to launch fireworks, not to distribute sweets, and not to raise banners", while the family of the prisoner Al-Natsheh was informed that their son would be released from Ofer Prison.
The Information Center said that the intelligence detained the members of the three families, then transferred Atoun's parents to the intelligence vehicles in Al-Maskoubiya, while Abu Rammouz's father was waiting at the center, and at 12:00 noon, the intelligence informed him that his son Rushdi would be released from Ofer Prison and not from Al-Maskoubiya, and asked him to leave.
At approximately 12:30 noon, the intelligence delivered the two prisoners Atoun and their guardian to the door of their homes in Sur Baher.
The forces stormed the two houses and inspected them, coinciding with the release of the two prisoners.
In Silwan, the forces stormed the house of the grandfather of the released prisoner Rushdi Abu Rammouz, and threatened his family members who were present, while his father was in the "Rooms 4" center.
After the prisoner Abu Rammouz arrived at his home in Kufor Aqab, the forces stormed the building's surroundings in large numbers, stormed the parking lot, and threw tear gas bombs randomly. They demanded that the family not be present or sit in the place and enter the building, and threatened to evacuate the area by force.
Expulsion from Al-Aqsa
The intelligence services expelled prisoners Mohammad Atoun, Issam Atoun, and Rushdi Abu Rammouz from Al-Aqsa for a week, and asked them to go to the Al-Qishla police station immediately after the expulsion period ended, for the possibility of renewing it for several months.
Raiding homes without releas!
Last week, the intelligence services deliberately raided the homes of Palestinian prisoners whose names were included in the lists of “prisoners to be released in the exchange deal/first phase” and informed them that their sons would be released today, Saturday, and stipulated that they “not gather and raise flags and banners, but they were surprised yesterday that their sons’ names were not included in the lists of those released in the fifth batch.
24 Jerusalemite prisoners on the "Israeli Ministry of Justice list" are still in prison
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center - Jerusalem said that 23 Jerusalemite prisoners whose names were included in the list of the "Israeli Ministry of Justice" and who are to be released in the first phase of the exchange deal are still in prison, 20 of them are serving life sentences, 3 are serving long sentences, and among them are 7 prisoners who were released in the “Shalit deal”, including 8 prisoners who will be released to Jerusalem and the rest will be deported outside the Palestinian territories.
