The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over three Israeli prisoners to the International Red Cross on Saturday morning, as part of the fourth batch of the first phase of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” deal.
The Al-Qassam Brigades released the prisoners “Ofer Calderon” and “Yarden Bibas” from Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, while the third prisoner “Keith Shmonsel Segal” was released from the Gaza port, west of the city.
The handover of the two prisoners was preceded by a large deployment of Qassam Brigades members in Khan Yunis and in the Gaza port area.
A platform and large banners were erected bearing the pictures of the two martyr leaders, Mohammed al-Deif and Rafeh Salama, and the martyr leaders whose martyrdom was announced by the Qassam Brigades last Thursday, along with phrases in Hebrew that read, “Zionism did not win.”
On the other hand, Under the fourth batch, the occupation authorities released 183 Palestinian prisoners, including 18 with life sentences, 54 with long sentences, and 111 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after October 7, 2023.
