GAZA, December 24, 2011 (WAFA) – A total of 370 Palestinian prisoners released in the two stages of the Gilad Shalit swap deal would have finished their original sentence by the end of 2011 and by 2012, while 47.4% had less than three years of their sentence left, according to a report published on Saturday.
Abdul Nasser Ferwaneh, a researcher specialized in prisoners’ affairs, said that Israel expelled 205 of the overall prisoners – 163 prisoners from Jerusalem and the West Bank were released to Gaza and 42 were sent into exile and hosted by Turkey, Qatar and Syria.
Fifty-two prisoners were released under strict security measures, as they have to check in with the local police or the civil administration once or three times a month, added the report.
It said that following the Shalit deal, 122 Palestinians who were arrested before the 1994 Oslo accords; including 52 who served more than 20 years and 23 prisoners served more than 25 years, remain in prison.
Moreover, a total of 532 Palestinians serving life sentences remain in Israeli jails.Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
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