Zakaria Zubeidi, whose mother and brother were killed by Israeli troops, is a symbol of resistance to some Palestinians. A man who generates extraordinarily varied responses, he was mobbed by supporters on his release from prison.
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Zubeidi,
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former Palestinian militant leader, was released as part of a ceasefire deal. Known for his role in the Second Intifada, his release underscores shifting Israeli military focus to the West Bank.
Hamas has freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza and Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points.
Hamas is set to free three Israeli captives and five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel will release another 110 Palestinian prisoners in the third such exchange since a ceasefire took hold earlier this January in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners.
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader, is among the second group of Palestinian detainees to be freed on Saturday.
As part of the swap, Palestinian militants in Gaza freed five Thai and three Israeli hostages, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds.
The ceasefire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.
Hamas has released Israeli soldier Agam Berger to the Red Cross in Gaza, marking the first of eight hostages set to be freed as part of an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and the group. Berger, 20, was among five female soldiers abducted during Hamas ' October 7 attack, with the others freed days earlier.
The first of eight hostages to be released Thursday, Agam Berger, was set free by Hamas in the Gaza Strip as part of the deal struck between the militant group and Israel in an ongoing ceasefire. Hamas is set to free two more Israeli hostages in exchange for 110 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.