The Israeli authorities are scheduled to release a number of minor prisoners in their prisons in the coming hours as part of a prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, which will take place during the truce scheduled to begin at exactly seven o’clock on Friday morning.

The number of children who will be released is estimated at approximately 100 out of 350 children under the age of 18, as the head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority, Qaddoura Fares, told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

Fares pointed out that among the minor prisoners are those who have been sentenced to high sentences, such as the wounded Palestinian girl Aseel Shehadeh (17 years old) from the Qalandia camp, north of Jerusalem, who was shot by Israeli soldiers in front of the Qalandia checkpoint on the 7th of this month, and today she remains in (Ramla) prison under harsh conditions.

Source: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.