Israel to release 151 Palestinian prisoners

Israel decided to release 151 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, representing the second group to be released according to the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement, as Israel released 199 prisoners at the beginning of this month.

Palestinian Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Hisham Abdel Razek said the new group that will be released on October 8 will include 28 captives from the Arab patrols who were detained before 1993, adding that there are 28 captives belonging to Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, and Libya who were involved in the Palestinian Liberation Organization and who have implemented military operations inside Israel.