As part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement: the start of the prisoner exchange process.

As part of the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to stop the war in the Gaza Strip and achieve peace in the Middle East, the process of exchanging Palestinian prisoners and Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip has just begun.

According to the first phase of the plan, all living Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip, numbering 20, will be released in two batches, in addition to the gradual handover of 28 bodies, depending on the progress made in retrieving them from under the rubble of homes in the Gaza Strip.

In return, the occupying authorities will release 250 prisoners from their jails who are serving life sentences, and 1,718 detainees from the Gaza Strip who were arrested following the outbreak of the war on October 7, 2023.

The Israeli occupying authorities had gathered the detainees intended for release from five central prisons, in the "Ofer" prison west of Ramallah, totaling 107 detainees, while the rest were taken to "Ketziot" in the Negev, in preparation for their transfer to the Gaza Strip and then to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The exchange of Palestinian detainees and Israeli captives will take place under the supervision of an Egyptian-Qatari-American committee, which is monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.

Yesterday, Sunday, the Israeli occupying authorities prevented about 100 relatives of the detainees who will be released today, Monday, from traveling, as they will be deported outside of Palestine.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the ninth of this month that an agreement had been reached to implement the first phase of his plan for peace in the Middle East, which he announced on September 29, and which involves ending the war on the Gaza Strip, the withdrawal of the occupation from it, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the exchange of prisoners.

The day after, the Israeli occupying government approved the ceasefire agreement and the outlines for the exchange of prisoners and detainees.

Last Friday, the ceasefire came into effect at noon, after which the 72-hour deadline set by the agreement began for completing the exchange of prisoners and detainees.

According to prisoner institutions, the number of detainees in Israeli occupation prisons exceeds 11,000, suffering from catastrophic conditions that include torture, starvation, and systematic medical neglect, which has led to the martyrdom of some of them while in custody.

The number of detainees sentenced to life imprisonment has reached 350, and 40 detainees have been indicted in preparation for life sentences, while the number of female prisoners is 53, including three from Gaza, and two children, with around 400 child prisoners held in "Ofer" and "Megiddo" prisons, while the number of detainees held without trial is about 3,380, as of this October.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have committed acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 67,806 people and injuring over 170,000 others, most of whom are children and women, with famine claiming the lives of 463 citizens, including 157 children.