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  • Palestinian prisoner slated for release attacks female prison guard

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    A Palestinian inmate slated for release under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal attacked a female prison guard before being restrained and detained.

    A Palestinian prisoner who was set to be released as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas attacked a female prison guard during the preparation process to release the prisoners, a spokesperson for the Israel Prison Service announced on Saturday evening.

    Other prison staff subdued the prisoner, and the guard received medical treatment on-site.

    The prisoner involved was subsequently transferred for detention and interrogation by the Israel Police.

    The number of Palestinian security prisoners being released by Israel in exchange for the return of 48 hostages, 20 still alive, is the lowest ratio agreed upon in decades, Walla reported on Friday night.

    Walla learned that the final list of security prisoners includes 195 prisoners serving life sentences, and only 60 of them are Hamas operatives. Just for comparison, in the Gilad Schalit deal, 450 Hamas operatives were released, including prisoners who led significant terrorism against the State of Israel.

    Gilad Schalit and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (credit: STEWART WEISS)

    The 1,700 Gaza detainees who will be released will not be terrorists who raided on October 7, 2023, and the release of Hamas operatives has been limited as much as possible.

    Who are some of the prisoners being released?

    Jihad A-Karim Azziz Rom, a terrorist who participated in the lynching of IDF reservists Vadim Norzitch and Yosef Avrahami in 2000 and the abduction and murder of Yuri Gushchin in 2001, is set to be released as part of the Gaza peace deal, Maariv reported early on Friday morning after the Israeli government approved the deal.

    Rom, who was 26 at the time of the lynching, was sentenced to life for Guschin’s murder plus an additional 20 years for his role in the killing of the two reservists.

    Baher Badr, one of the terrorists responsible for a suicide bombing in Tzirifin in 2004, is also reportedly set to be released. Bader was sentenced to 11 life sentences.

    Israel has reportedly refused to release any child murderers, life prisoners who have served less than a decade in prison, and those defined as ‘terror symbols’ will not be released.

    Danielle Greyman-Kennard, Amir Bohbot, and Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.

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  • Israel foils second Gaza flotilla in a week, activists say vessels were under attack

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    The Gaza Freedom Flotilla claimed that the Israeli military was jamming signals and had boarded at least two boats. The IDF has not yet commented on the incident.

    Israel said Wednesday it thwarted another attempt to breach its maritime blockade of Gaza, intercepting a flotilla of nine vessels organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The boats, carrying about 100 activists, had sailed from Italy two weeks ago.

    “Another futile attempt to breach the legal naval blockade and enter a combat zone ended in nothing,” the Foreign Ministry tweeted. “The vessels and the passengers are transferred to an Israeli port. All the passengers are safe and in good health. The passengers are expected to be deported promptly.”

    The passengers detained are “expected to be deported promptly,” the ministry added.

    Earlier on Wednesday, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla said its vessels were under attack by the Israeli military, with several boats intercepted while sailing toward the Gaza Strip.

    The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the flotilla said on Instagram.

    A screengrab from live footage shows an Israeli soldier smashing the CCTV camera of ”Gaza Sunbird”, a Gaza-bound vessel which is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, with a gun as the boat is intercepted by Israeli security forces, in this screengrab obtained from a video released on October 8, 2025. (credit: Freedom Flotilla Coalition/Handout via REUTERS)

    The IDF has not yet commented on the incident.

    The interception follows a series of similar maritime confrontations in recent weeks. On Thursday, Israel stopped the 42-ship Global Sumud Flotilla, which carried 479 activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. Nearly all of those detained have since been deported.

    Documents found in Gaza and released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry traced direct Hamas involvement in organizing and financing the Sumud flotilla to break the Israeli blockade of the Strip. Israel said the boats carried no aid and accused participants of seeking confrontation rather than delivering humanitarian relief.

    Only seven activists remain in custody, including a Spanish national accused of biting an Israel Prison Service officer.

    Israel and Egypt have maintained restrictions on Gaza to prevent weapons smuggling since Hamas seized control of the territory in 2007. Since then, Palestinian activists have periodically launched flotillas to challenge the blockade. In 2011, an independent UN inquiry into the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident criticized Israeli forces for using excessive force but upheld the blockade’s legality.

    Approximately 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 48 remaining hostages, about 20 are believed to be alive.

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  • Netanyahu accuses Ben-Gvir of leaking details on Red Cross prison visits to the press

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    The proposal, staunchly opposed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israel Prison Service, will be discussed in another forum, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of leaking details about potential cabinet votes to the media, KAN reported Friday.

    “Before and during the cabinet meeting, I saw briefings on Arutz Sheva, Israel Hayom, and other places about who supports and opposes the decision on Red Cross visits to prisons,” Netanyahu said during the cabinet meeting after standing up and accusing Ben-Gvir. He then removed the proposal for Red Cross visits from the agenda, to be discussed in another forum.

    Sources indicate that this is the “humanitarian cabinet,” which consists of Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and MK Arye Deri, which meets on occasion to discuss humanitarian aid being sent to Gaza.

    What was the National Security proposal on Red Cross visits?

    The proposal in question, put forward by the National Security Council, would have allowed Red Cross workers to visit terrorists in Israeli prisons. However, it was reportedly removed, due to the National Security Council understanding that it would never gain a majority of support from the ministers.

    The proposal had two major points.

    International Red Cross vehicles drive by on the day of the handover of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander to the International Red Cross, in the Gaza Strip May 12, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)

    First, in accordance with Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) recommendations, it would be prohibited for the Red Cross workers to visit or receive information about prisoners from Gaza, as well as prisoners affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

    Secondly, the Red Cross would be allowed to visit all other terrorist prisoners, subject to restrictions from security officials.

    This was meant to be a balance High Court of Justice rulings and international obligations with the need to tighten restrictions on terrorists linked to the main groups in Gaza.

    However, Ben-Gvir had still voiced his opposition.

    “While Hamas continues to hold hostages in Gaza, it is impossible for terrorists to benefit from visits and preferential conditions,” he said. “The National Security Council’s proposal is a serious mistake that signals weakness to the enemy.”

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