Release of Palestinian detainees under October ceasefire deal (West Bank)

13 October, 2025

West Bank, Ofer prison

On the morning of 13 October 2025, the Asra Media Office published the lists of Palestinian prisoners to be liberated today by the Hamas in the latest stage of the prisoner exchange taking place as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The Palestinian prisoners to be liberated have already boarded buses in Ofer and Ketziot Detention center — after being subjected to torture, abuse and attempted humiliation inside the occupation prisons, once again.

Israeli restrictions:

Israeli forces have fropped by drone and distributed leaflet threatening the families of the liberated prisoners by ordering them not to hold celebrations.

They arrested and detained their fathers, brothers and sons in multiple invasions and attacks on villages, cities and refugee camps in the West Bank of occupied Palestine.

Exile of over 150 prisoners instead of return home.

Prior denial of family visits, prolonging separation and emotional strain.

Prisoner transfers between facilities before release, often under strict monitoring.

Attack on the families and journalists near Ofer prison:

The families attempting to meet their loved ones, along with Palestinian and international journalists covering the event near Ofer Prison, were subjected to tear gas, stun grenades, and even live ammunition. Armored vehicles also fired in Beituna, a village near the prison.

One young man was wounded by live bullets.

The detaines released in West Bank:

Among those released were 250 Palestinians sentenced to prison terms, most of them convicted by the unfair Israeli military court for deadly attacks on Israelis dating back decades, as well as others convicted on lesser charges. Of those, Israel exiled 154, sending them to neighboring Egypt, where officials said they will be sent to third countries.

The rest were returning to homes in east Jerusalem & the West Bank.

The agreement also includes 1,718 Palestinian hostages abducted in Gaza and held in Israeli detention facilities since the Israeli ground invasion in October 2023. They were released in Gaza the same day, after Hamas freed 20 Israeli prisoners (all male IDF members) who had been held since October 7, 2023.

Some testimonies

As part of the October 2025 prisoner release deal, two Palestinian prisoners from Hebron had very different fates:

Muhammad Ahmad Imran – detained in December 2022 and sentenced to 13 life terms, was exiled by Israel rather than allowed to return home. Israel’s exile policy affects over 150 of the 250 prisoners released, restricting their movements and likely preventing families from seeing them again. His siblings, Ibtisam and Raed Imran, traveled to Ramallah expecting to welcome him, but faced Israeli threats forbidding celebrations or messages of solidarity.

Hani al-Zeir – arrested on June 28, 2002, sentenced to 25 years, and served 23 years, was freed and returned home. He reunited with his brother Bassam al-Zeir at the Ramallah Cultural Centre, accompanied by cousin Arafat al-Zeir, who was also released but had deteriorating health and required medical attention. Israeli restrictions prevented families from fully celebrating the reunion.

Kamal Abu Shanab, a 51-year-old from the West Bank town of Tulkarem who was released after more than 18 years in prison: “It was an indescribable journey of suffering — hunger, unfair treatment, oppression, torture and curses — more than anything you could imagine,” He said he lost 139 pounds (59 kilograms) in prison. “We don’t recognize him. He’s not the person we knew. Our uncle doesn’t look like our uncle,” said his niece, Farah Abu Shanab. A military court in 2007 convicted Abu Shanab of “military trainings, voluntary manslaughter and membership in an unrecognized organization,” according to Israel’s list of exchanged prisoners. He was arrested that year during an Israeli raid targeting members of the armed wing of Fatah, the political party that runs the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

The list of 250 life and long sentence prisoners to be liberated:

Some of the freed prisoners will return home, while others will be forcibly deported from their homeland:

Abdallah Abdel Latif Ali Barham
Abdel Jawad Youssef Abdel Jawad Al-Shamasneh
Abdel Rahman Mohammed Abdel Rashdan
Abdel Rahman Suleiman Ali Othman
Abdel Salam Abdallah Ahmad Amr
Adeeb Ahmad Abdallah Abu Al-Rab
Adnan Mohammed Hassan Al-Obayat
Ahmad Adel Jaber Saadeh
Ahmad Hassan Mahmoud Al-Shmarikha
Ahmad Hussein Ahmad Awad
Ahmad Hussein Ahmad Madi
Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Qanba’
Ahmad Mahmoud Ali Ka’abneh
Ahmad Muhannad Mohammed Siyajat
Ahmad Mustafa Ahmad Basharat
Ahmad Nafith Nasser Sharbati
Ahmad Othman Ahmad Kafina
Ahmad Sari Mohammed Hussein
Ahmad Tawfiq Ahmad Abdel Rahman
Ahmad Taysir Khalil al-Ardah
Ahmad Wasif Sidqi Abu Hanani
Ahmad Youssef Abdel Rahman Shinnawi
Akram Samih Ahmad Abu Bakr
Al-Mahdi Ezzedine Taha Ramadan
Alaa El-din Fahmi Fahd Al-Karki
Alaa El-Din Omar Mohammed Zakarna
Ali Abdel Latif Mustafa Sayees
Ali Mohammed Ali Al-Obayat
Ali Qasid Al-Hajj Juma Hamed
Ali Youssef Mohammed Alayan
Allam Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Rai
Amin Ahmad Jamil Shqeirat
Amjad Nader Mohammed Yehya
Ammar Mohammed Aref Samhan
Amr Mahmoud Ahmad Hameel
Anan Zahi Abdel Aziz Al-Shalabi
Anas Akef Jamil Shtayyeh
Anas Mustafa Mahmoud Allan
Arafat Mohammed Abdel Hamid al-Zeer
Ashraf Abdel Qader Hussein Al-Hajajrah
Ashraf Rabhi Abdel Khaleq Hanaisha
Assaf Hafez Hussein Zahran
Atiyah Hassan Atiyah Abu Samhadaneh
Ayham Fouad Nayef Kamamji
Ayman Abdel Majid Ashour Sidr
Ayman Hassan Mohammed Kurd
Ayman Mahmoud Hassan Joudeh
Ayman Omar Mohammed Ali Ja’ar
Ayman Rabhi Mustafa Al-Sharabati
Azzam Nabil Saeed Diab
Baha Youssef Abdel Qader Shabrawi
Baher Mohammed Mahmoud Badr
Basel Abdel Karim Nassar Abu Tamam
Bassam Mohammed Ahmad Ghneimat
Bassam Mohammed Najeeb Raji Bustami
Bassam Salim Abdel Rahman Abu Safaqa
Bassem Mohammed Saleh Adeeb Khandaqji
Bilal Abbas Khadr Abdel Fattah
Bilal Salem Abdel Majid Ajramah
Daoud Ahmad Mohammed Sbeih
Dhafer Ahmad Omar Barham
Diaa Ahmad Ali Matar
Faisal Mahmoud Abdallah Khalifa
Fareed Zaki Faiz Khawaja
Fawaz Saba’ Faiz Ab’arah
Firas Sadiq Mohammed Ghanem
Firas Suleiman Hassan Khaliliya
Habes Mahmoud Youssef Bayoud
Habib Fawaz Khamis Abu Abed
Haitham Al-Mutfiq Khalil Hamdan
Haitham Khalil Youssef Al-Qaq
Hamdallah Abdel Hadi Abdel Aziz Sarmeh
Hamdallah Fayeq Hassan Ali
Hamza Mohammed Mustafa Salameh
Hamza Omar Abdel Fattah Al-Shamarha
Hamza Saleh Ahmad Taqtuq
Hani Hamad Mousa Zeer
Haroun Idris Ahmad Eyad
Hashim Sa’ad Saeed Mona
Hijazi Ali Hassan Al-Qawasmeh
Hikmat Khaled Ahmad Abdel Jalil
Hisham Ahmad As’ad Ka’abi
Hussam Mohammed Ali Matar
Hussein Mustafa Hassan Al-Louh
Hussein Sharif Hussein Ghawadra
Ibrahim Hassan Amin Salameh
Ibrahim Mas’ad Elias Hani
Ibrahim Saleh Mustafa Alaqam
Ihab Abdel Rahman Mohammed Al-Haddad
Imad Abdel Karim Abdel Aziz Roum
Imad Mohammed Ahmad Al-Sarraj
Imad Mohammed Jamil Shahadeh
Imad Salah Abdel Fattah Qawasmeh
Ismail Mousa Mohammed Hamdan
Issam Ahmad Mahmoud Zain Al-Din
Issam Mahmoud Mohammed Faroukh
Iyad Ali Omar Al-Qawasmeh
Iyad Hassan Hussein Fatafta
Iyad Mohammed Ahmad Abu Al-Rub
Izz al-Din Khaled Hussein Hamamra
Izzat Amin Mohammed Turkman
Ja’far Hamdi Abdel Samee’ Al-Zaatari
Jabr Abdel Latif Dheeb Nassasrah
Jamal Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Dagher
Jihad Abdel Karim Abdel Aziz Roum
Kamal Jamil Mahmoud Abu Shanab
Kamel Mahmoud Hassan Atatreh
Kamil Saeed Hassan Abu Hanish
Karam Abdel Raouf Mahmoud Hassan
Khaled Mohammed Ahmad Sabah
Khalil Mahmoud Youssef Abu Aram
Khalil Youssef Mohammed Shalou
Kheiry Hassan Mohammed Ali Salameh
Lotfi Muneeb Ali Rashdan
Majdi Saeed Abdel Rahim Mleitat
Maher Hamdi Zuhair Rushdi Al-Hashlamoun
Mahmoud Abdallah Al-Ardah
Mahmoud Ali Hassan Qawasmeh
Mahmoud Basem Mahmoud Abu Junaid
Mahmoud Jamil Hassan Abu Srour
Mahmoud Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abu Khosseh
Mahmoud Mohammed Awad Al-Obayat
Mahmoud Mousa Issa Issa
Mahmoud Salem Salman Sarahneh
Mahmoud Youssef Ahmad Abu Dawood
Mahmoud Youssef Nimer Khateeb
Majed Ismail Mohammed Masri
Mansour Atef Khadr Rayan
Marwan Ibrahim Mohammed Abdel Aziz
Muqaddam Ibrahim Abdel Raouf Jabr
Moataz Mohammed Fakhri Abdallah Haimouni
Moaz Ahmad Qasim Haj Ali
Mohammed Abdel Baset Ouda Haroub
Mohammed Abdel Fattah Hussein Kharousha
Mohammed Abdel Hassan Zawahreh
Mohammed Adel Hassan Dawood
Mohammed Adnan Hosni Abu Al-Hassan
Mohammed Ahmad Ibrahim Turkman
Mohammed Ahmad Kamel Zakarna
Mohammed Ahmad Salem Al-Khatib
Mohammed Alaa Mohammed Bani Ouda
Mohammed Aref Rashid Ouda
Mohammed Fathi Dheeb Ayoush
Mohammed Ghazi Mohammed Yadak
Mohammed Hashem Ahmad Nuwara
Mohammed Hosni Hassan Abu Shaheen
Mohammed Hussein Abdel Aziz Abu Hadeed
Mohammed Jamal Mohammed Aql
Mohammed Jibran Mohammed Khalil
Mohammed Kamel Khalil Omran
Mohammed Khaled Mohammed Reda Khatib
Mohammed Mahmoud Saeed Abu Taa
Mohammed Mahmoud Salem Sabbarneh
Mohammed Mamoun Mohammed Muhaisen
Mohammed Muwafaq Salman Shishtari
Mohammed Radwan Mustafa Daraghmeh
Mohammed Rajab Hassan Abu Qateish
Mohammed Rajeh Fad Al-Khalidi
Mohammed Rajeh Mohammed Haroub
Mohammed Reda Abdel Sa’eedi
Mohammed Saeed Ahmad Abu Shalbayeh
Mohammed Salem Abdel Beden
Mohammed Sobhi Mohammed Abu Tabeikh
Mohammed Youssef Abdel Jawad Al-Shamasneh
Mohammed Zakaria Mohammed Hammami
Mohammed Ziad Ahmad Khranbeh
Mohammed Ziad Mohammed Abu Al-Rabb
Mondher Mahmoud Khalil Nour
Mousa Saeed Mousa Soufan
Mousa Sami Mohammed Al-Sarouji
Munir Abdallah Mar’i Mar’i
Murad Badr Abdallah Du’ais
Murad Mohammed Reda Ahmad Abu Al-Rabb
Mus’ab Mohammed Abdel Karim Quzah
Na’im Jihad Na’im Al-Misran
Nabil Hassan Abdel Aziz Abu Khdeir
Nader Radwan Abdel Hakim Abu Turki
Nader Saleh Mamdouh Sadaqa
Nadim Mohammed Fawzi Awad
Nahed Faraj Jadou’ Al-Aqra’
Naif Ahmad Salem Obayat
Nasr El-Din Bilal Mohammed Shehadeh
Nasri Ayed Hussein Asi
Nasser Aziz Mohammed Dar Salah
Nasser Hassan Abdel Hamid Abu Surur
Nasser Ibrahim Hussein Al-Obayat
Nazeer Marzouq Rashid Dar Ahmad
Nazih Mohammed Najeeb Zaid
Nidal Abdallah Ahmad Amro
Nour Al-Din Tha’er Ahmad Shanawi
Omar Ahmad Ayoub Asida
Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Bseisu
Omar Muwafaq Shahadeh Eid
Osama Mohammed Idris Abdel-Mo’ti Al-Saeed
Othman Ibrahim As’ad Younes
Qasim Aref Khalil Al-Asafrah
Qusai Ishaq Mohammed Abu Hitta
Ra’ed Abdel Aziz Mohammed Abu Sanbal
Ra’ed Abdel Ghani Suleiman Kanaan
Ra’ed Ahmad Abdallah Abu Dhaher
Ra’ed Mahmoud Jamil Al-Sheikh
Rabee’ Ibrahim Hussein Dar Rabee’
Rami Mohammed Mahmoud Nour
Ramzi Khamis Mahmoud Brash
Ramzi Mohammed Abdel Hamid Obeid
Rashid Rashid Mahmoud Omar
Rateb Ali Hassan Nabhan
Riyad Dakhl Allah Ahmad Al-Amour
Saadi Ali Saadi Abu Hammad
Saber Mohammed Jibrin Al-Masalmeh
Saeed Mohammed Saeed Basharat
Salam As’ad Mohammed Zaghal
Saleh Qeni Saleh Mansour
Salem Mohammed Salem Bawaqneh
Salman Ahmad Ezzat Omran
Samer Ahed Abdallah Abu Diak
Samer Haider Sha’ban Ayat
Samer Mahmoud Dawood Al-Halabiyeh
Sami Juma Hassan Awfi
Sami Khaled Ahmad Al-Fatilah
Samir Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Nimah
Shadi Talat Awad Balawneh
Sufyan Omar Mousa Ajlouni
Suhail Mohammed Youssef Shqeirat
Suleiman Dawood Abdel Radaideh
Suleiman Hammad Afnan Al-Hathalin
Talib Mousa Eid Shahadeh Mukhamera
Tariq Adnan Ahmad Hussein
Tariq Ahmad Abdel Karim Hussain
Tariq Hassan Ahmad Azam
Tariq Khaled Mohammed Tabash
Tariq Rashad Anis Bassalat
Tayoun Abdel Hadi Khalil Tayoun
Wael Hijazi Yassin Abu Shkheidam
Wael Zaid Basheer Tablat
Waleed Khaled Mohammed Mansour
Wasim Omar Abdel Karim Mleitat
Wisam Ali Mohammed Radi
Yahya Nimer Ahmad Ibrahim
Yasser Ayoub Abdel Fattah Asfour
Yasser Fahmi Hosni Sawalmeh
Yasser Ibrahim Mohammed Hattab
Youssef Abdel Halim Youssef Daoud
Youssef Ibrahim Youssef Bani Jami’
Youssef Mohammed Hamad Hadalin
Youssef Nimer Mohammed Abu Qandeel
Youssef Saeed Atiyah Zuhour
Youssef Samir Mahmoud Shuaibi
Zaid Shaker Abdel Rahman Al-Junaidi
Ziyad Abdel Aziz Aref Hanani

Among them they are Mahmoud al-Ardah, the leader of the Freedom Tunnel operation, the escape from Gilboa prison; Ayham Kamamji, his comrade in the Freedom Tunnel escape; Kamil Abu Hanish, the imprisoned writer and PFLP leader serving 9 life sentences; Bassem Khandaqji, the imprisoned Palestinian novelist and winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fuction serving 3 life sentences; Mahmoud Issa, imprisoned since 1993, Palestinian student, writer and the creator of Al-Qassam cells in Jerusalem dedicated to the liberation of Palestinian prisoners