List of prominent Palestinian prisoners set to be released

The Gaza ceasefire, followed by the launch of the prisoner release process on Monday, October 13, 2025, is being carried out under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

According to the Palestinian Prisoners Information Office, the prisoner exchange deal includes the release of 250 inmates sentenced to life imprisonment, in addition to 1,718 prisoners from Gaza who were detained after the war began on October 7, 2023.

These prisoners had been held in Ofer Military Prison (west of Ramallah) and Ketziot Prison (in the Negev desert). While the first group will be transferred to the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, the second group will be sent to Gaza and Egypt.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, along with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club and the Prisoners’ Information Office, released details about those to be freed under the agreement.

According to these reports, the release includes 192 prisoners sentenced to life, 25 serving long-term sentences, and 32 detainees, along with 1,718 prisoners from Gaza arrested since the start of the war.

Additionally, 154 prisoners with life or long-term sentences will be exiled outside Palestine. Of the 96 non-exiled prisoners, 8 will return to Gaza, and 88 to the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

Names of some of the longest-serving prisoners to be released:

Nasri Ayyad Hussein Assi: From Shuafat Refugee Camp in occupied Jerusalem. Arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 18 life terms and 70 additional years.

Mohammad Jamal Mohammad Aqel: From Jenin, northern West Bank. Arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 17 life terms.

Ahmad Adel Jaber Saadat: From Al-Tur, occupied Jerusalem. Arrested in 2003 and sentenced to 13 life terms.

Imad Salah Abdel-Fattah Qawasmi: From Hebron. Arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 16 life terms.

Mohammad Kamel Khalil Omran: From Dura, south of Hebron. Arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 13 life terms.

Riyad Dakhlallah Ahmad Al-Amour: From Tuqu’, south of Bethlehem. Arrested in 2005 and sentenced to 11 life terms.

Majed Ismail Mohammad Masri: From Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus. Arrested and sentenced to 10 life terms.

Ezzedine Khaled Hussein Al-Hamamra: From Husan, west of Bethlehem. Arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 9 life terms.

Eyad Mohammad Ahmad Abu Al-Rub: From Jilbun, Jenin district. Arrested in 2005 and sentenced to 8 life terms.

Hamzeh Omar Abdel-Fattah Al-Masharha: From Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem. Arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 6 life terms and 20 additional years.

Adeeb Ahmad Abdullah Abu Al-Rub: From Nour Shams Refugee Camp, Tulkarm. Arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 6 life terms.

Nader Saleh Mamdouh Sadaqa: From Nablus. Arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 6 life terms.

Munir Abdullah Mar’i Mar’i: From Beita, south of Nablus. Arrested in 2003 and sentenced to 5 life terms.

Mahmoud Basem Mahmoud Abu Junaid: From Balata Refugee Camp, east of Nablus. Arrested in 2003 and sentenced to 5 life terms.

Assaf Hafiz Hussein Zahran: From Allar, Tulkarm district. Arrested in 2005 and sentenced to 5 life terms and 20 additional years.