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Published on: 30/01/2025 | 15:45:51
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Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also freed in a separate deal with Thailand. Most of the prisoners stepped off the Red Cross bus and onto the shoulders of jubilant supporters. Freedom Theater in Jenin refugee camp puts on everything from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy. In 2019, after serving years in prison for attacks in the early 2000s, Israel arrested him again. He denies the charges, saying that he gave up militancy to focus on his political activism after the intifada. Abu Warda joined Hamas at the start of the intifada following Israel’s 1996 killing of Yahya Ayyash, the militant group’s leading bomb maker. Palestinian authorities said at the time that Warda had helped recruit suicide bombers. Some of the charges included planting an explosive device and attempting murder. Israel described Odeh, who was working as a painter at the university at the time, as the kingpin in the attack. All three were transferred to Egypt last Saturday. Their families live in Jerusalem and said they will join them in exile. The family has a long arc of Palestinian militancy.
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