FROM FOX NEWS: Israel is paying a steep price to secure the release of 48 hostages held by Hamas, agreeing to free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including some convicted for deadly attacks. The deal excludes top leaders, like Fatah’s Marwan Barghouti, whose release Hamas had sought.
Jerusalem on Friday published a list of 250 Palestinian security prisoners set for release under the deal’s criteria. Named are Ismail Hamdan, who kidnapped and murdered Avi Boaz Braverman in 2002 near Har Gilo; Ziad Awad, freed in the 2011 Shalit deal and later convicted of killing Deputy Chief of Police Baruch Mizrahi; and Muhammad Zakarneh, involved in the 2009 murder of taxi driver Grigory Raginovich.
Under the terms of the agreement, convicted murderers will be deported to the Gaza Strip or to a third country and will not be allowed to return to Israel or to Judea and Samaria permanently.
Israel will also be releasing 1,722 captured Cazans who were not involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre.
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