Israel-Palestinian Peace Process: Palestinian Prisoners Released in First Stage of "Shalit Exchange Deal"
(October 18, 2011)
In October 2011, the Israel Prison Service published the names of the 477 Palestinian prisoners released in the first stage of the prisoner swap deal for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. 450 male prisoners and 27 female prisoners were released, among them 280 inmates serving life sentences.
Every one of the prisoners were transferred out of Israel proper on October 18, 2011, after Shalit was safely returned to Israel.
A total of 131 prisoners returned to Gaza; 54 to the West Bank or east Jerusalem; and 204 prisoners were deported overseas. Six of the prisoners were Arab-Israelis who were allowed to stay in Israel.
Full List of 477 Prisoners Released in First Stage - CLICK HERE
Name | Terrorist Action | Arrested | Sentence* | Release^ |
Walid Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Hadi Anajas | Took part in bombing at Moment Cafe in Jersualem (12 killed) | 9.9.2002 | 36 Life | Exile |
Nasir Sami Abd al-Razzaq Ali al-Nasser - Yataima | Planned bombing Passover Seder at Park Hotel in Netanyah (30 killed) | 4.10.2002 | 29 Life | Exile |
Fadi Muhammad Ibrahim al-Jaaba | Plotted suicide bombing on a Haifa bus (17 killed) | 7.3.2003 | 18 Life | Exile |
Mus’ab Ismail aI-Hashlimun | Dispatched two suicide bombers to Beersheba (16 killed) | 9.9.2004 | 17 Life | Exile |
Tamimi Aref Ahmad Ahlam (Female) | Transported suicide bomber to the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem (15 killed) | 14.09.2001 | 16 Life | Exile |
Ismail Musa Hussein Bahit | Killed 6 Palestinian "spies" and an Israeli farmer | 11.4.1993 | 12 Life | Gaza |
Ibrahim Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Jundiya | Dispatched a suicide bomber to a Jerusalem bus (11 killed) | 18.1.2003 | 12 Life | Exile |
Hisham Abd al-Qader Ibrahim Hijaz | Set up terror cell that shot at Shilo settlement (1 killed) | 20.12.2003 | 10 Life | Exile |
Mazen Muhammad Suleiman Faqha | Plotted suicide bombing on a Safed bus (9 killed) | 8.5.2002 | 9 Life | Exile |
Halil Muhammad Muhammad Abu Alba | Perpetrated attack at Azor Junction (8 killed) | 14.2.2001 | 8 Life | Gaza |
Amir Jabar Sharif Sawalma | Carried out shooting attack at IDF checkpoint in West Bank (2 killed); dispatched suicide bombers (3 killed) | 28.4.2003 | 6 Life | Exile |
Kris Adel Ishaq al-Bandak | Convicted of several shooting attacks (2 killed) | 6.2.2003 | 4 Life | Exile |
Yihia Ibrahim Hasan Al-Sinwar | Abducted and Killed IDF Soldier Nachshon Wachsman | 21.1.1988 | 4 Life | Gaza |
Muhammad Yussuf Hassan al Sharatha | Head of the cell that kidnapped & murdered Ilan Sa'adon and Avi Sasportas | 9.5.1989 | 3 Life | Gaza |
Ibrahim Sulaim Mahmud Shammasina | Murdered Ronen Karamani, Lior Tubul, Rafi Doron and IDF soldier Yehoshua Friedberg | 29.12.1993 | 3 Life | Exile |
Jihad Muhammad Shaker Yaghmur | Involved in abduction and murder of IDF soldier Nachshon Wachsman | 14.10.1994 | 1 Life | Exile |
Yussuf Dhib Hamed Abu Aadi | Stabbed IDF soldier Nir Kahana at the Qalandiya checkpoint | 28.12.2005 | 1 Life | Exile |
Muna Jawad Ali Amna (Female) | Accomplice in the murder of 16-year-old Ofir Nahum | 20.01.2001 | 1 Life | Exile |
Abd al-Aziz Yussuf Mustafa Salehi | Perpetrated lynching of IDF soldiers Vadim Norzhich and Yosef Avrahami | 16.6.2001 | 1 Life | Exile |
Fuad Muhammad Abdulhadi Amrin | Stabbed and murdered 15 year old Helena Rapp in Bat Yam | 24.5.1992 | 1 Life | Gaza |
Rami Zaki Ibrahim al-Masri | Perpetrated lynching of IDF soldiers Vadim Norzhich and Yosef Avrahami | 6.11.2006 | 40 Years | Gaza |
Muhammad Ahmed Tawfiq Jabarin | Planned attack on Bus 405 by Islamic Jihad (16 killed) | 6.10.1988 | 30 Years | Israel |
Lui Muhammad Ahmed Awda | Organized unsuccessful suicide bombing in Jerusalem | 6.4.2002 | 28 Years | Exile |
Ashraf Khalid Husain Hanani | Caught with explosive device in Jerusalem's Old City | 17.7.2006 | 27 Years | Exile |
Amjad Ahmad Muhammad Abu Arqub | Recruited man who carried out attack in Carmei Tzur (3 killed) | 9.10.2002 | 25 Years | Exile |
Kabel Sami Mustafa Sha'ablu | Aided a suicide bombing in the entrance to the West Bank city of Ariel | 13.3.2003 | 25 Years | Exile |
Nahid Abd al-Rauf al-Fakhuri | Recruited suicide bombers in Hebron | 6.6.2002 | 22 Years | Exile |
Ayad Musa Salem Abayat | Killed IDF soldiers Lt. David-Hen Cohen and Sgt. Shlomo Adshina | 2.11.2003 | 21 Years | Exile |
Ibrahim Muhammad Yunus Dar Musa | Took part in the attacks in Zrifin army base and the Hillel coffee shop in Jerusalem (14 total killed) | 14.9.2004 | 17 Years | Exile |
* - Life means life sentence (18 Life would mean 18 consecutive life sentences)
^ - Terms of release set by Israel. Exile could mean to Gaza or abroad.
Sources: Haaretz, Israel Prison Service, Ynet News, Israel Matzav, Tablet Magazine, Haaretz, Ynet News, Jerusalem Post
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