Prisoner release

US citizen detained, held by Iranian regime since 2024 released, Donald Trump announces

In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that the woman had been released as a gesture of goodwill on Iran's part, adding that the woman was safely outside the country and in good condition.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.
 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, 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 was unprepared for 10,000 Palestinian security prisoners during war, report finds

Brazilian Activist Thiago Avila, who was detained aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, appears at a court in Beersheba, southern Israel May 6, 2026.

Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel after week-long detention

Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, delivers a speech during a protest rally organized by Myanmar people residing in Japan outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2025.

Myanmar to free more than 4,000 prisoners in amnesty


We must prevent the possibility of October 7 repeating - opinion

Israel has been caught in an impossible dilemma: how to choose or balance between the immediate fate of the hostages and the long-term national security concerns of Israel and its people.

 ‘BRING THEM home now’ graffiti in Tel Aviv: Every poster brandishing ‘now’ and ‘at any price’ was another gain for Hamas in its strategy of extortion, making it even harder to secure the hostages’ release, while endangering their lives and the very chances of the deal, the writer argues.

Justice Ministry adds two additional names to prisoner release list

The Ministry added two additional names to the list: Ahmad Raad Zaid Faroukh and Ahmad Mohammad Nayef Al-Hawamdeh.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Jenin and the West Bank: Israel's new battlefronts after Gaza, Lebanon ceasefires - analysis

"On the directive of the Security Cabinet, the IDF, the ISA, and the Israel Police have today begun a...military operation to defeat terrorism in Jenin," Netanyahu said.

 Israeli security forces guard at the scene where three Israelis were murdered in a shooting attack earlier today, near the village of al-Funduq, in the Northern West Bank, January 6, 2025.

Israel prepares for prisoner exchange as IDF, IPS conclude plans

Most of the prisoners on the list are women, and only one prisoner on the list under the age of 18 at the time of their arrest was convicted of murder.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Shin Bet chief: 'There are no good deals, but Israel is right to go for this deal'

Nevertheless, Bar admitted that releasing terrorists, some of whom he personally arrested, was "very difficult."

 Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 27, 2022

Gilboa prison guards demand terrorist who sexually assaulted them to be deported

Atallah was indicted in September 2023 for the rape of a female prison guard in the “prison pimping” case.

 View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

Israel publishes list of 735 terrorists to be freed as part of hostage deal

Among the more familiar names is Zakaria Zubeidi, former commander of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin.

 Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024

Justice Ministry releases names of Palestinian prisoners to be released in deal

The list of names on the ministry's website shows that a vast majority of those arrested were after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.

 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

Former IDF prosecutor: Hostage deals have not worked, only encouraged Hamas

Hirsch explains that there can be no moral equivalence between someone convicted of terror offenses and an innocent civilian.

 Former IDF prosecutor: Hostage deals have not worked, only encouraged Hamas

Senior Hamas leader: Gaza ceasefire amendments are 'not significant'

Hamas demands it select a list of 100 Palestinians with long-term sentences to be released from Israeli jails, said the senior Hamas leader.

 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.