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Palestinian Prisoners Day
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On Palestinian Prisoner Day we must recognise past victories

On Palestinian Prisoner Day, former prisoner of almost 30 years Wael El Gaube, reflects on the achievements won by of the prisoner movement.

Wael El Gaube
17 April, 2025
People walk past a mural created by artist Isaac Campbell in Georgetown that features US women's basketball star Brittney Griner and other Americans detained abroad as part of the Bring Our Families Home Campaign in Washington, DC on December 8, 2022
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Dual national prisoners head home in Abu Dhabi US-Russia swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 April, 2025
Masked Palestinian militants stand next to one of the coffins on stage, with an altered portrait of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in the background, before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.
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Israel reviewing reports Hamas gave Red Cross hostage remains

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 February, 2025
183 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel on Saturday but many were rushed to hospital due to the abuse and neglect they suffered [Getty]
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Gaza govt slams ‘double standards’ over released captives

The New Arab Staff
09 February, 2025
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Hamas sends defiant message to Netanyahu during captive exchange

The New Arab Staff
08 February, 2025
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Israel to withdraw from central Gaza following prisoner exchange

The New Arab Staff
08 February, 2025
Senior Hamas official Zaher Jabarin, the chairman of the group's consultative council Mohammed Ismail Darwish, known as Abu Omar Hassan, and the Palestinian movement's senior official Khaled Mashaal
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Hamas says ceasefire disputes with Israel resolved

The New Arab Staff
18 January, 2025
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Zelenskyy 'ready' to exchange N. Korean soldiers for Ukrainians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 January, 2025
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Iran prisoner says Sweden left him behind after exchange deal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 June, 2024
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Iran, Sweden free prisoners in Oman-mediated swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 June, 2024
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Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs after UAE mediation

The New Arab Staff
04 January, 2024
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Israel rejects Gaza prisoner exchange deal proposed by Hamas

The New Arab Staff
02 January, 2024
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Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons are hostages, too

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Basil Farraj

15 December, 2023
A truce between Hamas and Israel has held for seven days [Getty]
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Hamas open to truce extension as US urges Gaza 'safe' zones

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2023
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Israel 'using own Arab citizens as trading chips with Hamas'

The New Arab Staff
30 November, 2023
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The unfolding battle behind Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange

Qassam Muaddi
30 November, 2023
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G7 foreign ministers support extension of pause in Gaza war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 November, 2023
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Gaza: Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian prisoners freed under truce

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 November, 2023
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Released Palestinians say Israeli jails worse after 7 Oct

The New Arab Staff
27 November, 2023
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UN says 61 trucks deliver aid in northern Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 November, 2023
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Narrative control: Israel forces hostages into media silence

The New Arab Staff
25 November, 2023