Sources told Al Arabiya TV that about 1,740 Palestinian prisoners, including 296 life-sentenced prisoners, will be released during the first phase of the ceasefire deal.

It revealed that "no Palestinian faction leaders will be released during the first phase of the exchange deal."

The sources explained that the 48 prisoners who were re-arrested in the Shalit deal will be deported.

It stressed that Israel refused to improve the prisoners' living conditions.

The Israeli Ministry of Justice published the names of 95 Palestinian prisoners who will be released next Sunday as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.

The list includes the name of the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Khalida Jarrar.