We thank everyone who contributed to his release. The Palestinian people face a tragedy but we thank Allah in any case. We say only what our Lord is pleased with. We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. May our Lord compensate our affliction with something better.

Past midnight on February 27, 2025, Kazem Zawahra was freed from Israeli captivity as part of the "prisoner" exchange deal.

Kazem was shot in the head and abducted at the illegal Israeli Al-Zaeem checkpoint, east of Jerusalem on February 22, 2024.

Kazem, along with his brother Mohammad and their friend Ahmad Al-Wahsh had carried out an armed resistance operation killing an Israeli occupation soldier and wounding eight others. Mohammad and Ahmad were killed by Israeli forces.

In July 2024, the Israeli military demolished Kazem's family home and severely beat his father.

While in coma, Kazem's wife was pregnant with their first child.