Israel Shares Full List of Palestinians To Be Released in Hostage Deal

Israel's government has published a list of 300 Palestinian detainees who could be freed as part of a prisoner exchange with Hamas, following the announcement of a four-day ceasefire in Gaza.

The truce will allow aid into the territory and would see Israeli air sorties over southern Gaza cease amid a daily six-hour daytime no-fly window in the north.

Hamas will also release at least 50 of the 240 hostages it took on October 7 during its attacks on southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed according to the Associated Press.

Since then, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's bombardment of Gaza, according to AP citing health officials in Hamas-controlled territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday the hostages Hamas took would be released at a rate of at least 10 a day over four days and the truce could be extended if an additional ten hostages were freed daily.

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This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli army tanks exiting the security barrier surrounding the Palestinian territory on November 22, 2023. Israel has said it would release... JOHN MACDOUGALL/Getty Images

The statement did not mention the fate of prisoners detained by Israel. However, Hamas said that the agreement will include the return of at least 150 Palestinians in Israel, Reuters reported. Israel could release another 150 pending another 50 hostages from Gaza being returned.

On Wednesday Israel's Justice Ministry published on its website a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners "slated for release," according to a translation. This publication is to give members of the public a chance to appeal against the release of specific prisoners, The Times of Israel reported.

The paper noted that the vast majority of the prisoners scheduled for possible release—287— are males aged 18 and under, detained for rioting and rock-throwing in the West Bank or East Jerusalem. The other 13 prisoners are adult women, who were mostly convicted of attempted stabbings.

Here is a machine translation from the Hebrew of the Israeli Justice Ministry's prisoner list, next to their ages.

Abaahim Ahmed Badr Zamaara, 18

Aban Iyad Muhammad Said Hamad, 17

Abi Yosef Abdelhamid Abu Mariya, 18

Abraham Ta'amra, 16

Abraham Muaid Abraham Daffer, 17

Ibrahim Sultan Ibrahim, 16

Abraham Samir Abraham Sabah, 16

Abraham Awad Muhammad Abiat, 17

Adam Mahmoud Muhammad Abu Hamed, 16

Adam Amer Muhammad Kuasma, 18

Hasan Git, 14

Idris Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abd, 18

Aus Rabia as Eid Khadr, 18

Azhar Thaar Bakr Assaf, 25

Ahmed Iman Abdelhamid Awad, 18

Ahmed Bashar Guma Abu Aliyah, 17

Ahmed Grib Ahmed Khalil, 16

Ahmed Walid Muhammad Khashan, 17

Ahmed Ziad Saleh Nemer, 18

Ahmed Yassin Motzafa Amr Odeh, 18

Ahmed Yasser Motzafa Abu Elhija

Ahmed Yosef Ahmed Azzaatsa, 18

Ahmed Kamal Ahmed Elamour, 18

Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed Marzouk. 18

Ahmed Muhammad Naif Al-Huamada, 17

Ahmed Mahmoud and Gia Ngama, 16

Ahmed Mahmoud a-Rauf Rimawi, 18

Ahmad Nawaf Niyaz Salaimah, 14

Ahmad Nazia Dib Abu Adi, 18

Ahmad Naaman Ahmed Abu Naim, 17

Ahmed Abdel Raouf Ahmed Hamed, 18

Ahmed Atiya Ahmed Eladdini, 18

Ahmed Ali Muhammad Al-Tsbah, 17

Ahmed Fadl Khadr Agaloni, 18

Ahmed Zael Ghazi Yadak, 17

Ahmad Kadri Mahmoud, 17

Ahmed Raad Zeid Faroh, 17

Iyas Abdelkader Muhammad Khatib, 17

Iham Mahmoud Musa Nahala, 18

Ayham Adnan Sobhai Sha'ar, 16

Iman Amgad Mohi Eldin Shami, 18

Amani Khaled Naaman Heshim, 37

Amin Muhammad Amin Abbasi, 17

Amir Fadi Muhammad Saylos, 17

Anor Tzafi Ahmed Ata, 18

Assama Maher Muhammad Kabaha, 18

Osama Naif Osama Marmesh, 16

Asil Munir Abraham Titi, 23

Asraa Riad Jamil Jabas, 38

Bassel Aid Gamil Obidiya, 17

Bassel Ali Taher Abu Sarhan, 18

Ghia Abd Elaziz Al-Zhor, 18

Bara Bilal Mahmoud Rabii, 17

Bara Saleh Khalil Yosef, 18

Bara Zakar Ahmed Eltsbarna, 18

Gavril Ghassan Ismail Gavri, 17

Gahad Toufik Gahad Yosef, 17

Guad Tawfik Yosef Kamil, 18

Gamal Halil Gamal Brahma, 17

Gamal Yosef Gamal Abu Hamdan, 17

Gamal Muhammad Ahmed Adi, 18

Ganam Musa Janam Abu Ganam, 17

Degana Mahmoud Musa Atton, 18

Diyar Ifan Gamal Tsalibi, 18

Shadi Abdel Razak Kasem, 18

Alkam, 16

Vaal Bilal Shaker Moshe, 17

Hib Abdelkarim Khalil Abdelgafar, 18

Hid Ismail Jamil Zvih, 17

laa Khaled Fozi Tangi, 26

Sam Marwan Abdel Salam Tamimi, 17

Zahar Hosni Hassan Hamed, 18

Zeid Abdellatif Ali Hossein, 18

Xena Raid Ata, 18

Khaled Abu Assab, 18

Khaled Ali Abdellatif Issa, 18

Khalil Ahmed Khalil Awar, 17

Khalil Muhammad Badr Zamaa'ra. 18

Halil Heichal, 18

Hamada Said Motzafa Abu Samra, 18

Hamza Samih Issa, 17

Hamza Saleh Muhammad Daud, 18

Hamza Raid Hamza Mughrabi, 16

Hanan Saleh Abdullah Barghouti, 59

Hossein Gamal Hossein Abdel Khalil, 18

Hasan Walid Gamal Tsbarna, 17

Hassan Yasser Hassan Darwish, 17

Tarek Ziad Abdel Rahim Daoud, 17

Tarek Mohammad Farid Khatib, 18

Yaman Talal Muhammad Jaradat, 18

Yassin Omar Azzat Hanafia, 17

Yasmin Tisir Abdel Rahman Shaaban, 40

Yunus Magdi Ismail Homade, 17

Yosef Gamaa Mahmoud Sagdia, 18

Joseph Hossein Muhammad Hamed, 18

Yosef Muhammad Motzafa Ata, 17

Yosef Muhammad Saleh Bezor, 17

Yosef Mahmoud Salem Sabatin, 16

Yosef Nasser Hasan Atta, 18

Yossef Abdallah Odeh Elkhatib, 17

Yosef Foaz Faiz Burkan, 16

Youssef Raid Hamdan, 18

Yosef Rais Abdel Karim Ata, 18

Yosef Rabah Muhammad, 18

Yazid Bilal Motzafa Hossein, 18

Yazen Iman Abd Elgani Bnei Gaber, 18

Yazen Gebr Abd al-Gabbar Alhasnat, 17

Yazen Hamza Shaher Afana, 17

Yazan Hassam Ali Abu Kabita, 18

Yazan Amer Ali Zbah, 18

Yazen Shadi Musa Abiat, 18

Yahya Muhammad Ahima, 18

Yahya Netzer Allah Motzafa Azida, 18

Yanal Hitam Amin Dar Saleh, 18

Kerem Ahmed Tufik Al Abid, 18

Galeb Netzer Elharimi, 18

Louis Rabhi Nezmi Nasser, 18

Lait Khalil Othman Othman, 16

Malek Muhammad Arafat Diba, 17

Malek Murad Khaled Boja, 16

Malek Abdel Halim Saadi Seder, 18

Ma'mon Aziz Issa Alfarouch, 17

Maged Raid Masoud Farikhat, 17

Mehdi Muhammad Ahmed Ayyad, 17

Mehdi Mahmoud Hamza Mahrok, 16

Mehran Amar Ibrahim Hamidan, 38

Mu'amen Motzafa Mahmoud Abu Ghaisha, 18

Muammed Naif Tzalibi, 17

Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Abd al-Ghabbar, 17

Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Khir Allah Alaaur, 17

Muhammad Hani Rathev Hamoni, 18

Eyal Ali Gadallah, 16

Muhammad Khalil Ahmed Salaimah, 16

Muhammad Mahand Muhammad Abu Humus, 16

Muhammad Mammoud Kamal Hamed, 16

Muhammad Emad Ibrahim Atton, 16

Muhammad Imran Muhammad Maraja, 16

Muhammad Rajab Hassan Abu Katish, 17

Musa Hamidan Fadel Mohtasv, 15

Musa Mahand Musa Aluridat, 17

Mustafa Muhammad Ibrahim Abbasi, 17

Moed Omar Abd Allah Alhag, 16

Mu'taz Hatem Musa Abu Aram, 17

Mu'taz Khader Muhammad Hamis Salaimaa, 15

Mofid Ahmed Mofid Sanduka, 18

Muhammad Osama Motzafa Mahamid, 18

Muhammad Ahmed Suleiman Abu Regev, 16

Muhammad Iman Abd al-Rahman Owais, 17

Muhammad Anis Salim Abu Torabi, 16

Muhammad Baha Abd al-Rahman Ayash, 18

Muhammad Ghazi Muhammad Nazal, 18

Muhammad Ghazi Mashad, 18

Muhammad Jalal Jamil Farhat, 17

Muhammad Hani Salman Abu Bakhra, 18

Muhammad Hasan Motzafa Khoari, 18

Muhammad Tarek Salim Hoashin, 17

Muhammad Tarek Ali Zabah, 17

Muhammad Yassin Tisir Sabah, 16

Muhammad Kazem Musa Abu Ajamia, 17

Muhammad Musa Khalil Elhadlin, 18

Muhammad Mahmoud Ayoub Dar Darwish, 16

Muhammad Mahmoud Hamza Mahrok, 18

Muhammad Mahmoud Abdel Karim Hammara, 16

Muhammad Nazar Nimr Abu Oun, 17

Muhammad Netzer Fuzi Soalma, 17

Muhammad Sameh Gudat Suleima, 18

Muhammad Samer Hasan Ziat, 18

Muhammad Ahad Younes Stara, 17

Muhammad Abad Hasan Git, 15

Muhammad Azmi Ali Abu Farih, 18

Muhammad Emad Abd al-Halim, 18

Muhammad Anan Fozi Bushkar, 17

Muhammad Raad Abd Elgani Yamech, 18

Muhammad Lotfi Tanbur, 18

Mahmoud Abraham Mahmoud Matuli, 18

Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Shlodi, 18

Mahmoud and Sam Younes Abu Humos, 18

Mahmoud Hassan Ahmed Katnani, 18

Mahmoud Nemer Eid Ata, 18

Mahmoud Abdelkarim Mahmoud Adili, 18

Mahmoud Issa Khalil Zahaika, 18

Mahmoud Raad Mohammed Khalil, 18

Mison Musa Mahmoud Musa, 27

Malek Muhammad Yosef Salman, 23

Mentzer Mahmoud Hatem Alshusha, 16

Maad Darr Ahmed Abu Oun, 18

Mustafa Hossam Mustafa Atik, 18

Mtzapa Mazen Hossein Shahada, 17

Matzab Hasan Omar Almatahan, 18

Murad Fouad Abdellatif Dar Ata, 17

Maruch Yasser Rathev Khazimiya, 17

Merah Goda Musa, 24,

Miriam Khaled Abd Elmagid Tzafata, 28

Mashal Nimer Naif Bnei Jaber, 18

Nasser Thaar Nasser Assad, 18

Nadim Muhammad Hossein Abu Ara, 17

Nahad Muhammad Nahad Gadallah, 17

Nahaya Khader Hossein Swan, 45

Nuraldin Ziad Rashed Koasemi, 17

Nur Al-Din Amer Ahmed Abu Goema, 18

Noorhan Ibrahim Hader Awad, 24

Noor Muhammad Hafez Taher, 18

Nasrallah Ayad Ahmed Aur, 17

Nafooz Jad Aref Hammad, 15

Allah Khaled Abdel Fattah Lulu, 18

Nashat Bassem Taleb Doavsha, 17

Il Saleh Fakhuri, 18

Sami Raad Ahmed Algradat, 18

Sarah Iman Abd Elaziz Suissa, 24

Sultan Samer Mahmoud Sarhan, 18

Sif Al-Din Muhammad Abdullah Ngangia, 18

Sif Al-Din Muhammad Abd al- Rahman Darwish, 14

Samah Bilal Abd al-Rahman Zuf, 24

Samira Abdel Hai Abdel Aziz Harbaoui, 53

Samir Samer Muhammad Samir Bakhtan, 16

Aisha Yusuf Abdullah Afghani, 40

Omar Omar Abd al-Rahim Ali Abd Allah, 18

Abadah Hassam Ahmed Khalil, 18

Abd al-Galil Zaki Abd al-Galil, 18

Abd Elhadi Ezzam Mohammed Kamil, 17

Abd al-Karim Anwar Daher al-Saadi, 17

Abdulkarim Farsan Sultan Abu Mozatfa, 17

Abd Allah Ibrahim Musa Aldeagana, 18

Abd Allah Iyad Bugs Albo, 18

Abd Allah Akram Muhammad Akhleil, 18

Abd Allah Walid Hamdan Salahat, 18

Abd Allah Hasan Ismail Olad Hamdan, 18

Abd Allah Farooq Tzadek Abid, 18

Abd Elaziz Ahmed Shaher Matan, 18

Abdelaziz Azzam Muhammad Abu Samru, 16

Abdelkader Musa Muhammad, 18

Abdel Rahman Abdel Shafi Hassan Razm, 18

Abdelrahman Ibrahim Muhammad Al-Rashaida, 18

Abdel Rahman Amjad Jamil Khadir, 17

Abd al-Rahman Hani Muhammad Abdullah, 18

Abdelrahman Muhammad Saleh Khorani, 17

Abdel Rahman Suleiman Ahmed Razak, 16

Abdel Rahman Amer Fakhri Zagal, 14

Abdel Rahman Omar Azzat Hanafia, 16

Abida Atef Hasan Al-Adoui, 18

Adnan Hazem Adnan Eid, 18

Odeh Khalil Abraham, 18

Omar Ibrahim Omar Abu Mayala, 15

Omer Muhammad Adham Abd Elrahim Shawicki, 15

Azaldin Iman Yosef Sabaena, 18

Ezz Al-Din Ma'atsam Omran Tutah, 14

Ezz Al-Din Abd Al-Magid Ahmed Hamed, 18

Azaldin Anan Hassan Sudani, 17

Etaf Yusef Muhammad Jaradat, 50

Alaa Muhammad Rushdi Matan 18

Alaa Fathi Abd Elhadi Abu Sinimah, 18

Ali Ayad Ali Aldiriya, 18

Ali Bassam Khalil Sheikh Ibrahim, 18

Ali Karim Kamal Al-Asakhara, 18

Ali Marwan Fuad Alkam, 16

Amar Mahmoud Younes Taavata, 18

Amr Hamad Yosef Alian, 18

Amr Emad Hasan Atshan, 18

Amr Shaker Sohail Almakhagana, 18

Ariv Ahmed Muhammad Alakra, 18

Fatma Ismail Abdel Rahman Shaheen, 33

Fatma Bakr Musa Abu Shalal, 41

Fatma Naaman Ali Badr, 28

Fatma Netzer Muhammad Amarna, 44

Padwa Nazia Kamal Hamada, 35

Firoz Faiz Mahmoud Albo, 24

Farid Abdellatif Najam 37

Faras Gatsen a-Rahman Samara, 17

Saleh Ragev Mahmoud Hardan, 18

Samad Khaled Mahmoud Abu Khalaf, 17

Sadam Amgad Magad Takataka, 16

Salah Al-Din Muhammad Salah Hadra, 15

Salah Imran Muhammad Salah, 18

Qassem Ismail Aziz Dar Alsheikh, 18

Qassem Mohammed Abdel Fattah Homadeh, 18

Qassam Iyad Ahmed Aur, 18

Qassam Mohammed Abd Almegid Hamed, 18

Qassam Mahmoud Musa Atton, 16

Qassam Fahd Hussein, 18

Khaled Mahmoud Alalami, 18

Tair Khaled Mohammed Zarva, 17

Ketzi Hani Ali Ahmed, 17

Katzi Khaled Awad Abu Naim, 18

Katsi Awad Mahmoud, 18

Raad Hazem Ali Sayad, 18

Raid Yosef Muhammad Idris Tzarzur, 18

Ramez Osama Khalid Khalil, 18

Rami Hamza Muhammad Gazawi, 18

Raja Asad Raja Abu Kiatz, 18

Rowan Nafez Muhammad Dar Abu Matar, 29

Roda Musa Abdelkader Abu Agamiya, 46

Ryan Adnan Hassan Atik, 16

Rashad Ibrahim Muhammad Algardat, 18

Shadi Muhammad Dib Abu-Adi, 17

Shaker Ali Salem Blot, 17

Sharuk Salah Ibrahim Deviat, 25

Tahrir Adnan Muhammad Abu Saria

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