183 Palestinian prisoners were liberated today, Saturday, 8 February, in the latest installment of the first stage of the Toufan al-Ahrar, Flood of the Free, prisoner exchange achieved by the Palestinian Resistance. These included 18 with life sentences, 54 with long sentences, and 111 Palestinians from Gaza abducted by the occupation. So far, including today, 766 Palestinians jailed by the occupation have been liberated in the exchange, despite the repeated threats of the occupation, ongoing beating of prisoners the day of their release, and invasions and attacks on prisoners’ families homes in an attempt to steal and silence their joy at reunifying with their loved ones.
In the morning on Saturday, the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades held a mass military parade and popular event in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, to exchange the three Zionist prisoners that the Resistance decided to release: Eliyahu Datsun Yosef Sharabi; Or Avraham Lisha Levy; and Ohad Ben Ami. The exchange took place in a clear response to the Trump-Netanyahu threats of expulsion and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people in Gaza, with the exchange conducted in front of a banner that read, “We are the Flood — The War’s Next Day,” in a clear rebuke to all forces that have attempted or threatened to impose new forms of foreign occupation and exploitation on Gaza on the “day after.”
The released Zionist prisoners wore brown uniforms labeled “Detained by Al-Qassam Brigades,” and the entire exchange ceremony once again displayed — as has each before — the deep popular cradle of the Resistance and its strength despite the horrific genocidal US-Zionist assault over the past 16 months.
In sharp contrast, once again the Zionist occupation regime released the Palestinian prisoners immediately after beating and torturing them, with attacks so severe that 7 liberated prisoners were transferred to hospital immediately upon their release. These included Sheikh Jamal al-Tawil, the leader of Hamas, former mayor of El-Bireh, and the father of journalist Bushra al-Tawil, who was liberated in the first exchange of Toufan al-Ahrar. He was beaten so badly that he was unable to walk out of the bus upon his release.
The Prisoners’ Media Office issued a statement:
Press statement issued by the Director of the Prisoners’ Media Office, Ahmed Al-Qudra
On the occasion of the release of the fifth batch of prisoners of the “Toufan al-Ahrar” exchange
The prisoner exchange deals that the Palestinian resistance extracts from the occupation continue, with 183 prisoners released today from Zionist prisons, including 18 sentenced to life, 54 with long sentences, and 111 prisoners from Gaza who were arrested after October 7. This release came as a result of the resistance’s steadfastness and the steadfastness of our people, who prove at every stage that firm will and solid determination are the key to freedom, and that rights are not begged for but rather are seized through the sacrifices of free people.
This release constitutes a new stage in the ongoing struggle to liberate all prisoners, and is evidence that the occupation, despite its tyranny, cannot impose its equations by force as long as there are those in this people who fight and defend their rights. What we are witnessing today is another victory added to the record of the resistance, which has proven that its weapon is not only for defending the land, but is also the most effective way to break the chains of the prisoners, and to thwart the occupation’s attempts to make captivity permanent stations in the lives of our heroes.
While our people celebrate this victory, thousands of prisoners in the occupation prisons are still facing the most severe forms of oppression and abuse, as the enemy escalates its violations against them, in a desperate attempt to break their will and extinguish their resolve. But we say to them: Just as your comrades left today, you will leave tomorrow. The resistance is continuing on its path, and will not stop until the prisoners and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are liberated.
We call on our people to receive the prisoners in a manner befitting their status and sacrifices. They are the ones who spent the prime of their lives for the cause, and endured years of captivity and deprivation with patience and steadfastness. Today they return crowned with pride and dignity, in a scene that reflects their status in our conscience, and confirms that their cause will remain alive in our hearts until the last prisoner attains his freedom.
The 72 Palestinian prisoners with life and long sentences released were:
- Abdel-Azim Hassan
- Abdel-Rahman Yahya
- Ahmad al-Jaafari
- Ahmad Injas
- Ahmed Abdel-Rahim al-Shamali
- Alaa al-Hams
- Ali Hroub
- Ammar Fouad al-Daghma
- Anas Kamal Mustafa al-Masalma
- Attallah Omar Issa
- Asif Rouhi al-Salhi
- Awni Taqatqa
- Ayoub Azzam Ahmed Abu Karim
- Bakr Mohammed Amin Abu Obeid
- Basem Abu Daher
- Daoud Manasra
- Fadi Qaddas
- Falah Shehadeh
- Faraj Atwan
- Fares al-Assar
- Hatem al-Jayyousi
- Hatem Qwaider
- Ibrahim Natsheh
- Ibrahim Zawahreh
- Imad Abu Ajamiyeh
- Imad Abu Aliya
- Islam Hamed
- Issa Battat
- Issam Attoun
- Iyad Abu al-Jedian
- Iyad Abu Shukhaidam
- Iyad al-Bou
- Jamal al-Tawil
- Khaled Khandaqji
- Khaled Silawi
- Mahmoud Mohammed Atallah Injas
- Malek Ahmed Salem Helles
- Mansour Abu al-Aoun
- Mohammed Abed Musa Mahra
- Mohammed Abu Sabra
- Mohammed al-Amsi
- Mohammed Samir Mahmoud Ibrash
- Mohammed al-Bou
- Mohammed Attoun
- Mohammed Haryoush
- Mohammed Mahmoud
- Mohammed Nafeth Adel Dweikat
- Montasser Abu Ghalyoun
- Musallam Tamimi
- Nabil Harb
- Nafid Ali al-Gharouf
- Othman Abu Khrouj
- Raafat Hamed
- Nasser al-Soufi
- Ragheb Mohammed Yahya Abdel-Rahman al-Tamimi
- Rami Saleh Abu Ghali Alia
- Rushdi Abu Rmouz
- Salman Abu Atiq
- Samer Matar
- Sanad Taqatqa
- Seif al-Odeh
- Shadi Fakhri Barghouti
- Sharif Abu Wadi
- Suhaib Allan
- Taher Atwa
- Wael Adel Rashid Odeh
- Yasser al-Sharabati
- Yousef al-Mabhouh
- Yousef al-Skafi
- Yousef Nazzal
- Yousef Mizher
- Zaid Younes
The 111 Palestinians from Gaza liberated today are:
- Abdel Aziz Ahmed Abdel Aziz Abu Odeh
- Abdel Karim Mohammed Kamal Mushtaha
- Abdul Aziz Tariq Mustafa Abdul Aziz
- Abdullah Ahmed Mahmoud Abu Semaan
- Abdullah Majed Khalil Abu Darbi
- Abdullah Rizq Mohammed Haddad
- Adham Mohammed Deeb Mansour
- Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Dan
- Ahmed Majed Mohammed Abu Rida
- Ahmed Mohammed Abdel Azim Mohammed Hashem
- Ahmed Mohammed Barjas Warsh Agha
- Ahmed Musa Saleh Hessi
- Ahmed Ziad Ahmed Zaqout
- Alaa Atef Ali Agha
- Alaa El Din Abdullah Ismail Athamneh
- Ali Ahmed Ali Kamila
- Ali Mohammed Hassan Abu Anza
- Amir Iyad Mohammed Abu Al-Aish
- Amjad Osama Ahmed Darwish
- Anas Basil Yousef Saad
- Anas Nasser Ahmed Kullab
- Asaad Mohammed Ibrahim Asfour
- Atef Abdullah Mohammed Attout
- Awad Khader Awad Hallou
- Ayman Riyad Jamil Yassin
- Ayman Talat Qasim Abu Naji
- Azzam Akef Ali Abu Odeh
- Basil Mohsen Mohammed Siam
- Bassam Jihad Suleiman Sahoud
- Bilal Issa Mahmoud Abu Aita
- Darwish Sufyan Darwish Muhsin
- Diab Fathi Diab Abed Rabbo
- Fadi Shafiq Salem Abu Yousef
- Fathi Diab Faraj Abed Rabbo
- Ghazal Mohammed Abdel Aziz Al-Ghoul
- Hamad Awad Khader Hallou
- Hani Ibrahim Ismail Qasqin
- Hassan Mohammed Hassan Al-Ashram
- Hussein Khaled Hussein Hajj Hassan
- Ibrahim Diab Faraj Saleh
- Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahim Ustadh
- Ibrahim Hassan Mohammed Obeid
- Ibrahim Issa Ahmed Abu Jarad
- Ibrahim Khaled Ibrahim Najjar
- Ibrahim Mohammed Khalil Shawish
- Ibrahim Mohammed Youssef Dalloul
- Ismail Abdel Qader Ahmed Abu Nimr
- Issa Khalil Mohammed Najjar
- Iyad Marwan Hamad Abed
- Iyad Mohammed Najib Ali Al-Hindi
- Izz El-Din Sayed Abdel Hadi Abu Hasna
- Jamil Hussein Ahmed Shaheen
- Kamel Hassan Kamel Abu Sultan
- Khaled Aref Abdul Aziz Qadih
- Ma’ali Kamel Shaker Agha
- Mahdi Ahmed Al Abd Bardini
- Maher Nimer Ali Abu Omar
- Maher Saeed Rushdi Al-Helou
- Mahmoud Jamal Abdul Rahman Abu Haya
- Mahmoud Khaled Jumaa Al-Omari
- Mahmoud Shehadah Mohammed Muqayid
- Mohammed Abdullah Rabah Warsh Agha
- Mohammed Ali Abdel Rahman Zahed
- Mohammed Ali Mohammed Abu Dayer
- Mohammed Arafat Khamis Fahmi Zibdah
- Mohammed Asaad Salman Abu Zuaiter
- Mohammed Awad Nimr Odeh
- Mohammed Awni Abdel Jawad Abu Hamad
- Mohammed Essam Ashour Salem Deeb
- Mohammed Fayeq Mohammed Salameh
- Mohammed Ismail Mohammed Omri
- Mohammed Issa Ramadan Abu Omeira
- Mohammed Jamal Abdel Rahman Abu Haya
- Mohammed Jamil Mustafa Haji
- Mohammed Kamal Mohammed Abu Ghalya
- Mohammed Khamis Hussein Majdalawi
- Mohammed Mohammed Abdel Hadi Isleem
- Mohammed Mohammed Faisal Ahmed Deeb
- Mohammed Nabil Shukri Huwaidi
- Mohammed Nofal Ali Abu Eideh
- Mohammed Omar Fouad Al-Madhoun
- Mohammed Salem Salim Shami
- Mohammed Shawqi Attia Rayhan
- Musab Hasni Ali Abu Aita
- Musab Ibrahim Mohammed Abu Mustafa
- Mustafa Amin Mohammed Amin
- Mustafa Mohammed Darwish Qandil
- Mustafa Ziad Hamouda Dardouna
- Nader Hamdan Salem Qudaih
- Nimer Khaled Nimer Turk
- Nidal Khader Musa Dahnoun
- Nimer Mohammed Deeb Al-Jamal
- Othman Nimr Othman Wadi
- Rushdi Youssef Rushdi Awad
- Saher Khaled Kamal Shanbari
- Sami Hosni Mohammed Al-Rifai
- Samir Tayseer Khalil Oweida
- Saqr Hassan Mohammed Balousha
- Shaher Rouhi Hussein Obaidi
- Shihab El Din Hussein Mohammed Jaabari
- Tareq Anan Ahmed Nabhan
- Tayseer Mohammed Al Abd Omar
- Tayseer Sami Mohammed Asfour
- Thabit Rabhi Diab Haddad
- Thaer Issa Musa Radie
- Yasser Ali Abdel Rahman Abu Azoum
- Yasser Mohammed Khalil Abu Mutlaq
- Yasser Nayef Mahmoud Al-Maqousi
- Yousef Suleiman Ibrahim Abu Tair
- Ziad Abdul Hadi Abdul Aziz Shaaban
- Zuhair Hassan Ali Abu Al Omrain
Once again, as throughout the history of prisoner exchanges, it has been made clear that it is the resistance that brings liberation, to the prisoners, the land and the people of Palestine, a resistance that stretches from the heart of Gaza, throughout Palestine, to Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran, and to the people of the world. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes all of the prisoners, their families and loved ones, and the Resistance and the people of Gaza who have made their liberation possible.
We urge everyone, around the world, to join with the Palestinian people in Gaza and everywhere, to celebrate the achievements of the Resistance and the humiliation of the occupier, and to celebrate and welcome each liberated prisoner as the heroes of our global movement that they are, in public events, with posters and public education, with actions and events exposing Zionism and imperialism everywhere.
We urge all supporters of Palestine and Palestinian and Arab communities to receive and honour the prisoners virtually and symbolically — and pledge to continue the movement until all of them are free, and all of Palestine is free, from the river to the sea.
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