Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) – International Service: The Arab48 news website reported that the Zionist regime forces have arrested a number of Palestinians by suddenly entering a number of West Bank cities, some of whom were prisoners who had been released in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Following the implementation of the Gaza […]

Hamas has urged US President Donald Trump to meet with Palestinian detainees released as part of the ongoing truce in Gaza, following his recent meeting with freed Israeli hostages. In an open letter addressed to Trump on Friday, senior Hamas leader Basem Naim called for equal recognition of Palestinian detainees, stating that just as the US president […]

Israel upped its arrests of Palestinians, including women and minors, during its ruthless war in Gaza Twenty Palestinian women and a minor are facing systematic abuse from Israeli prison authorities, two Palestinian prisoners’ organisations have said on Saturday. A report by the Commission of Detainees Affairs’ and Palestinian Prisoners’ Society released a report on the occasion of International […]

RAMALLAH, March 8, 2025 (WAFA) – On International Women’s Day, the Israeli occupation continues to detain 21 Palestinian female prisoners who are subjected to systematic and organized crimes in Israeli prisons and interrogation centers. These abuses have escalated since the beginning of the Israeli genocide in Gaza in October 2023, which marked the deadliest phase […]

KUFR AQAB, East Jerusalem — Ashraf Zughayer was given two days’ notice before being released from Israeli jail after more than two decades. “I felt like I was born again,” the 47-year-old Palestinian says, sitting on the couch in his family’s living room. Zughayer was arrested in 2002 for being a member of Palestinian militant […]

Hamas condemns Israel’s decision to postpone release of Palestinian prisoners, saying its claim of ‘humiliating’ handover ceremonies was false. Hamas has condemned Israel’s decision to postpone the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, saying its claim that the captives’ handover ceremonies are “humiliating” was false and a pretext to evade Israel’s obligations under the […]

The United States has thrown its support behind Israel for its decision to delay releasing 620 Palestinian prisoners, a key term agreed upon as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Israel’s government was slated to release the prisoners in exchange for receiving Israeli hostages from Hamas. But despite the hostage handover taking place on Saturday, Israel […]

Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners in swap for 6 captives freed on Saturday GAZA CITY, Palestine  A Hamas leader said Sunday that his group will not engage in negotiations with Israel until the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Tel Aviv. Israel was scheduled to let go 620 prisoners on Saturday under the first […]

The families of some 600 prisoners remain in limbo after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday that he would delay their release, a decision that violated the exchange terms of the ceasefire agreement after Hamas had earlier released six Israeli hostages. Netanyahu cited “Hamas’s repeated violations, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of […]

Israel says it is indefinitely delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, in another potentially major setback in the ceasefire process. Benjamin Netanyahu said the release was now going to be delayed until the next handover of hostages by Hamas was guaranteed – and without what the Israeli prime minister called the degrading […]