Jailed terrorists

Paris university event praises terrorists, October 7 massacre

"We are partners in the struggle and partners in the struggle against imperialism, Zionism, and fascism," said Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine official Mariam Abu Daqqa at the event.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a former head of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions who served around 40 years of a life sentence for attacks on U.S. and Israeli diplomats in France, gestures outside Beirut International Airport after a French court ruled in favor of releasing him, in Beirut, Leban
Hamas Nukhba Battalion terrorists who were captured on October 7th massacre seen in a jail cell at a prison in central Israel, where high risk Hamas and Hezbollah prisoners captured in recent war are being held, March 4, 2025.

What trials and punishments await Hamas's Nukhba terrorists in Israeli prisons? - analysis

The question of what should happen to the terrorists who committed the October 7 massacre remains at large. Now, after the release of the final living hostages, it will finally begin to be answered.

|ByHERB KEINON
MARWAN BARGHOUTI is brought into court by police for his judgment hearing in May 2004, at which he was convicted on five counts of murder in terrorist attacks.

Marwan Barghouti not included in hostage, prisoner exhange deal, PMO confirms

The deal will not include the release of four high-profile Palestinian prisoners long sought by Hamas in negotiations: Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa’adat, Hassan Salameh, and Abbas al-Sayed.

|ByLIRAN HARONI, IDAN KWELLER
The reinforcement of IDF soldiers in the West Bank, February 8, 2025.

IDF attempts to curb public disorder, prevent celebrations amid prisoner release in West Bank

Despite these actions, Palestinians in Ramallah held celebrations upon the release of the Palestinian detainees.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel releases 183 Palestinian prisoners in fifth wave of Gaza ceasefire deal

Eighteen of these prisoners were supposed to be serving life sentences.

FEBRUARY 8, 2025ByLIRAN AHARONI, ALON HACHMON
Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

Who are the Palestinian terrorist prisoners released as part of Gaza hostage deal?

114 prisoners were released from Ofer Prison and were brought to Ramallah, 16 were taken to Gaza and 70 were deported to Egypt.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByNOA FEIGENBAUM
Palestinian terrorists from Fatah carry their weapons during a parade in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, September 29, 2023

IDF asks to extend detention of Sde Teiman soldiers accused of sodomy

Evidence includes a majority of the medical reports and medical experts’ testimony, as well as video footage of aspects of the alleged torture.

AUGUST 11, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Demonstrates protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024.

Palestinian prisoner group demands international inquiry into abuse allegations

The association calls for an international inquiry into detainee abuse in Israeli jails since the start of the war in Gaza, amid backlash over an Israeli investigation. ​​

JULY 30, 2024ByREUTERS
Soldiers lock a gate from the inside at Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Israel accused of jailing as many 'journalists' as Iran in CPJ report

Despite CPJ's claims, the IDF stresses that "journalists" arrested in Gaza are connected to Hamas and other terror organizations in the Strip.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES
The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah who was killed on October 13 during an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

Second Intifada terrorist Mazen al-Qadi said to be inmate in Ramon Prison affair

Gilboa Prison pimping affair lawyer rejects joint inquiry

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MICHAEL STARR
View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

Itamar Ben-Gvir restricts security prisoners visits by Israeli lawmakers

Itamar Ben-Gvir informed the Knesset Speaker that he is cancelling the protocol where MKs are allowed to visit security prisoners back to the old procedure.

JANUARY 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's far-right agitator.

Violent ‘armed struggle’ returns to West Bank, warning of Intifada's return - analysis

These past few months show that the West Bank is headed back to the days when wanted gunmen used to roam the streets of Palestinian communities.

AUGUST 29, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A Palestinian gunman fires a weapon in the air during the funeral of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a senior commander of the Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades who was killed in armed clashes with Israeli forces, in Nablus in the West Bank August 9, 2022.

Cabinet authorizes to deduct ‘pay for slay’ payments from PA tax money

The Security Cabinet voted to deduct NIS 600 million from taxes for the Palestinian Authority, as long as the PA stops paying terrorists who attacked Israelis.

JULY 31, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021

Palestinian Evangelical Pastor Johnny Shahwan released from jail

Breaking: The pastor was arrested for 'promoting normalization'

APRIL 11, 2022ByALL ARAB NEWS STAFF, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rev. Johnny Shahwan

My Word: The Gilboa prison escape doesn't rock

The loss of deterrence is a dangerous aspect of the jailbreak that should not be overlooked. The belated sirens following the Gilboa prison break should serve as an alarm.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021ByLIAT COLLINS
POLICE OFFICERS and prison guards stand outside the Gilboa jail following the escape by Palestinian security prisoners.