(14 Jan 2025)
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Ramallah, West Bank – 14 January 2025
1. Mid of prisoners family members during the weekly gathering to demand access to their loved ones and their release
2. Prisoners family members sitting, holding prisoners pictures
3. Wide of prisoners family members with pictures and posters
4. Mid of Intisar Bayoud, 74, mother of prisoner Habis Bayoud
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Intisar Bayoud, 74, mother of prisoner Habis Bayoud:
"I tell the mothers of the prisoners to put their trust in the almighty and that relief is near, God willing. We have hope in God that this deal will be completed and that our sons, especially those sentenced to life, will be included in this agreement."
6. Wide of Tahrir al- Qadi (left), cousin of prisoner Mazen al- Qadi, carrying picture of Mazen while sitting next to other prisoners’ family members
7. SOUNDBITE( Arabic) Tahrir al- Qadi, cousin of prisoner Mazen al- Qadi:
"We hope and anticipate, and I believe all the families and people are looking forward to the release of those sentenced to long prison terms. However, we do not know what will happen because politics is always complex, and the future is uncertain. But we remain hopeful, God willing."
7. Various of prisoners family carrying pictures and posters of their detained loved ones
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah al- Zaghari, Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club:
"I believe that the coming hours will be crucial for finalizing and announcing an agreement for the release of a number of Palestinian detainees. There are approximately 10,400 Palestinian detainees in Israeli occupation prisons, in addition to thousands from the Gaza Strip, most of whom are facing the policy of enforced disappearance. According to the understandings being reported in the media, the release will include child prisoners, of whom there are more than 320, as well as female prisoners, numbering around 85. We look forward to the release of those serving life sentences, some of whom have been detained for nearly 20 to 25 years, totalling around 600 prisoners."
9. Close up of Palestinian prisoners pictures
10. Mid of prisoners family members
11. Wide of prisoners family members during the weekly gathering to demand access to their loved ones and their release
STORYLINE:
Family members of Palestinian prisoners gathered on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah as the prospect of an agreement between Hamas and Israel for the release of their relatives in exchange for Israeli hostages loomed.
Intisar Bayoud, 74, is the mother of prisoner Habis Bayoud from the town of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiyah northwest of Ramallah.
Her son was arrested in 2002, accused at that time of participating in the killing of Israeli soldiers who invaded the old Ramallah police station.
He was sentenced to life in prison.
Bayoud said that she hopes "this deal will be completed and that our sons, especially those sentenced to life, will be included in this agreement."
Tahrir al- Qadi, cousin of prisoner Mazen al- Qadi who has been in an Israeli prison since 2002, said that while she believes all relatives are looking forward to the release of those sentenced to long prison terms, the situation remains complex and uncertain.
"But we remain hopeful, God willing," Tahrir al- Qadi told AP.
Mazen al- Qadi is serving a sentence of 320 years after being convicted of assisting the Palestinian gunman who carried out an attack on March 5, 2002, at the Seafood Market in Tel Aviv, which resulted in the deaths of three Israelis and injuries to 35 others.
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