BREAKING NEWS

Processing begins for prisoners to be freed in Schalit deal

By YAAKOV LAAPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF

OCTOBER 16, 2011 11:09

The Israel Prisons Service (IPS) on Sunday morning began transferring Palestinian prisoners set to be released in the Gilad Schalit exchange deal to two prisons for processing.

The 477 prisoners scheduled to be released in the first part of the deal, spread over 11 prisons around the country, will be consolidated into two prisons throughout the day: Ktziot Prison for male prisoners and the Sharon Prison for female prisoners.

The first bus containing female prisoners departed from the Damon Prison in the Carmel toward the Sharon Prison on Sunday morning.

There, they will undergo medical examinations and identification procedures in preparation for their release.

Amichai Chikli: Biden admin. doesn't project power, I would choose Trump

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/24/2024 08:46 AM

Argentina submits an official request to arrest Iran's interior minister

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/24/2024 08:31 AM

Russian priest presiding over Navalny's memorial suspended from duties

By REUTERS

04/24/2024 08:12 AM

IDF preparing to start Rafah operation 'very soon'