(31 Jan 2025)
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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 30 January 2025
1. Various of released Palestinian prisoners leaving bus and entering European hospital
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim Qashua, 42-year-old, released prisoner from Tulkarem. (Was sentenced to 6 life sentences in prison plus 20 years. He served 20 years):
“The situation in prison is more difficult than you can imagine. They practiced all kinds of rough and violent acts against us, all kinds of pressure, and I am sure you know and that you have received news of the martyrdom of many of our imprisoned brothers due to this behavior during the war on Gaza.”
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bilal al-Edaini, released prisoner from Deir al-Balah (Spent 22 years and 5 months from his 25-year sentence in prison):
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED++
“Thank God, after 23 years I will hug my mother, an indescribable feeling, an indescribable feeling really, we hope for freedom for all prisoners, God willing.”
4. Various of released prisoners being celebrated
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Ramallah, West Bank – 30 January 2025
5. Wide of crowd greeting Zakaria Zubeidi, the former Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, after he was released from Israeli prison
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zakaria Zubeidi, released prisoner and former Jenin chief of Al -Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (Had been awaiting trial in prison):
"Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, for everything. Among the believers are men who have been true to what they pledged to God. Among them are those who have fulfilled their vow (even unto death), and among them are those who await (their turn). And they have not altered (their commitment) in the least. We ask God not to be among those who change. Thanks to my loved ones, and may there be a speedy recovery for our wounded, and mercy upon our martyrs in the Gaza Strip. And may our Lord grant victory to our brothers in the Jenin camp."
7. Man greeting and hugging a freed prisoner
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasser al-Shawish, released prisoner (Was handed five life sentences for his involvement in suicide bomb attacks):
"My feelings today are indescribable, but the joy is not complete. We left the prison carrying the suffering of Gaza and the pain of our people etched into our very being. True joy will only come when the occupation ends and is removed from our land."
9. Various of crowd greeting released prisoners
STORYLINE:
On Thursday Hamas-led militants freed eight more hostages from the Gaza Strip and another 110 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of a ceasefire that began earlier this month.
The exchange of hostages for prisoners is a key part of a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas.
Among the Palestinian prisoners who were released, 30 were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against Israelis; seven were allowed to return to the occupied West Bank, but the rest were being transferred to Egypt before further deportation.
Ibrahim Qashua, was sentenced to 6 life sentences in prison plus 20 years. He served 20 years.
Bilal al-Edaini, who spent 22 years and 5 months from his 25-year sentence in prison
Zakaria Zubeidi, a prominent former militant leader whose dramatic jailbreak in 2021 thrilled Palestinians and stunned the Israeli security establishment, was beaming as he was hoisted on the shoulders of whistling and cheering supporters.
“Thank you to my loved ones,” he said as crowds jostled around him. “May there be a speedy recovery for our wounded, and mercy upon our martyrs in the Gaza Strip.”
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