The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that the door to mediations for a prisoner exchange with the Israeli occupation is open, and that the initiative I recently presented is in place. This came on the day of the prisoner, amid concern over the prisoners ’lives amid the outbreak of the Coruna virus.
In a statement published on Friday on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner Day, the movement added that the initiative - presented by the head of the movement in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, two weeks ago regarding the prisoner exchange deal - is still before the occupation, and it comes in a humanitarian context due to the health risks to Palestinian prisoners in light of an epidemic. Sk.
And she added that the door is still open to any broker with serious and practical answers from the occupation to this offer, and she had previously expressed her willingness to enter into indirect negotiations.
In its statement, Hamas affirmed that the issue of prisoners in the occupation prisons will remain at the top of its priorities, and held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for what it described as systematic crimes against Palestinian and Arab prisoners.
Days after Al-Sinwar presented the Hamas initiative, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his willingness to conduct an immediate dialogue through mediators on what he described as missing persons in the Gaza Strip.
In separate statements on the occasion of the Prisoner's Day, the Islamic Jihad movement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and other Palestinian factions stressed the priority of liberating the prisoners and protecting them from the dangers threatening them to Israeli occupation prisons in light of the outbreak of the Corona virus.
| Palestinians revive the prisoner's day amid concern over the prisoners ’lives in light of the outbreak of the Corona Virus (Al-Jazeera) |
Palestinians revived yesterday the Prisoner's Day in light of great concern for the lives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails from the outbreak of the Corona virus in their ranks.
The human rights institutions, quoting the prisoners who were denied visits by lawyers and families, confirmed that the Israeli jailers and investigators do not abide by the preventive measures.
Fear increased after a Palestinian prisoner was infected with the virus, who was taken by an Israeli investigator, and then released.