Occupied al-Quds- Saba:
The Zionist enemy prison administration released on Thursday a batch of Palestinian prisoners in accordance with the exchange deal agreement, which was reached between the Palestinian resistance and the Zionist enemy on January 19.
The buses of the prisoners released as part of the third batch of the first phase of the "Free Flood" deal arrived in the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah.
Nine prisoners released from the enemy's prisons also arrived in the Gaza Strip as part of the batch.
Hundreds of citizens gathered to receive the prisoners released as part of the deal, amid chants supporting the Palestinian resistance.
Director of the Prisoners' Media Office Ahmed al-Qudra said "The resistance's ability to release the third batch as part of the Free Flood deal is the result and fruit of the sacrifices made on the path to freedom, and that this deal represents a new achievement added to the record of Palestinian resistance and steadfastness."
Al-Qudra added that the third batch of the deal included the release of 110 prisoners, including 32 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, 48 prisoners serving various sentences, and 30 child prisoners.
He noted that the release of this group of prisoners, including Sami Jaradat, Sameh al-Shoubaki, Muhammad Abu Warda, Baha al-Din al-Qassas, and Nidal al-Barai, is clear evidence of the change in the power equation in the conflict, and proof that the Zionist enemy cannot break the will of the resistance.
Among the released prisoners is prisoner Zakaria al-Zubaidi, the former commander of al-Aqsa Brigades, who is one of the tunnel prisoners, whom the enemy re-arrested after they freed themselves through a tunnel opening from inside the enemy's prisons. The Qassam Brigades pledged at the time to release them, and two of them were previously released in the first batch of the deal.
The release of the prisoners comes hours after the Palestinian resistance factions released today a number of Zionist prisoners and foreign workers detained in the Gaza Strip to the International Red Cross crews, on the 12th day of the ceasefire in Gaza coming into effect.
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