{"id":53277,"date":"2025-10-12T22:45:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T02:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/govt-approves-amendments-for-soon-to-be-released-terrorist-in-urgent-telephone-vote\/12\/10\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T02:45:32","slug":"govt-approves-amendments-for-soon-to-be-released-terrorist-in-urgent-telephone-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/govt-approves-amendments-for-soon-to-be-released-terrorist-in-urgent-telephone-vote\/12\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t approves amendments for soon-to-be released terrorist in urgent telephone vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The main change to the list is centered around two security prisoners who will be swapped for Hamas-linked terrorists who aren&#8217;t facing life sentences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Government ministers participated in an urgent telephone vote to approve amendments to the list of terrorists and security prisoners to be released during the first phase of the <a href=\"http:\/\/jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-870233\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hostage deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">hostage deal<\/a>, <em>Kan <\/em>journalist Michael Shemesh reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The main change is centered around two security prisoners -one of whom had already been released in a previous deal, while the other is associated with Fatah- for two prisoners with <a href=\"http:\/\/jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-870266\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hamas links;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hamas links<\/a> who aren&#8217;t facing life sentences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The second change involves the removal of 7 Gazan minors from the list, the inclusion of 2 new women, and the replacement of a group following new security establishment considerations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These new changes reduce the number of prisoners to be released from 1,722 to 1,718, while the ministers also pre-approved five new Gazans who would be added to the release schedule if needed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Palestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel&#8217;s order during the war, make their way along a road as they return to the north, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip, October 11, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Mahmoud Issa)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Hamas accuses Israel of last-minute changes to prisoner list<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hamas-official-israel-altered-prisoner-222128931.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad<\/a>, speaking to <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> from Cairo on Sunday night, accused Israel of \u201cplaying with and changing\u201d the lists of Palestinian prisoners slated for release under the emerging ceasefire-for-hostages deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would \u201creturn to aggression\u201d in Gaza without sustained international pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He urged Arab states and mediators to \u201crestrain the Zionist madness\u201d and ensure full implementation of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hamad said Hamas was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-870182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:coordinating with Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">coordinating with Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey<\/a>, and in contact with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to carry out the exchange \u201cas stated in the agreement,\u201d but alleged that Israeli delays in verifying names on documents sent to the parties were creating obstacles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Liran Aharoni contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/gov-t-approves-amendments-soon-015556491.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main change to the list is centered around two security prisoners who will be swapped for Hamas-linked terrorists who aren&rsquo;t facing<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/govt-approves-amendments-for-soon-to-be-released-terrorist-in-urgent-telephone-vote\/12\/10\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/37ff8274bbe888996639ba325fc95548","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}