Prisoner exchange set for Sunday

A spokesman of the resistance committees, Abu Mujahid  spoke to ‘Arabstoday’ saying that the second phase of the prisoners exchange deal with Israel and Hamas will start tonight, Wednesday evening , as the Israeli Prison Service will publish 550 names of Palestinian prisoners to be released in the second stage of the exchange agreement. Abu Mujahid, who spoke from Cairo, added that the names of prisoners to be released match the criteria agreed upon between the Palestinian factions and the Egyptian mediator, noting that Israel specified the names based on the submitted criteria. He confirmed that the exchange deal will be next Sunday, December 18, noting that the factions’ approval of all names that are to be released will be based on the agreed upon criteria. Israeli paper Haaretz quoted a major Israeli official saying that in accordance with the prisoners exchange deal, Israel will decided which prisoners are to be released, in coordination with the Egyptian government. The same Israeli official added that all prisoners to be released “committed security violations, but none have killed Israelis. In addition, no prisoners from Hamas or Islamic Jihad are to be released, only prisoners from Fatah, PFLP, DFLP, in addition to a number of women and minors.” Haaretz stated that the recent weeks witnessed Egyptian-Israeli communication concerning the second stage of the deal, intensifying between Israel representatives and leaders of Egyptian security services, where Israeli representatives visited Cairo to complete final details of the deal. Haaretz reported that an Israeli official stated that releasing prisoners in the second stage has been coordinated with Egypt and Palestinian Authorities President Mahmoud Abbas. The latter has demanded, in the most recent weeks, that the Israeli government, implements the promises of former prime minister Ehud Olmert, to release hundreds of prisoners as a gesture of good will toward the Palestinian authority, however, Israel refused. Below are some of the names published by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS): 1-    Salah Mahmoud. 2-    Alaa Omrana. 3-    Abdel Jabar Faqhaa. 4-    Mahmoud Dalalsha. 5-    Saleh Zaid. 6-    Hany al-Zelf. 7-    Mahmoud Haskour. 8-    Monzer Yaaqub 9-    Mohamed Jabr. 10-    Omar Karakra. 11-    Mohamed Khalaf. 12-    Othman Zaid. 13-    Ali Arqoub. 14-    Majeed Dar Safi. 15-    Hamdi Namr. 16-    Mahmoud Araysha. 17-    Yousif Yaaqub. 18-    Soheib Abu Shama 19-    Adham Senara 20-    Faris Altarttheir 21-    Rhyadh Daraj. 22-    Mohamed Othman. 23-    Firas Badran. 24-    Fady Washha. 25-    Ali Audi. 26-    Tamer Showamra. 27-    Talal Naasan. 28-    Ahmed Zohd. 29-    Fouad Katoun. 30-    Rhyadh Assaf. 31-    Osama Asaad. 32-    Salah Abu Ghoush. 33-    Walim Qadri. 34-    Darwish Aldahdar. 35-    Khalil Karakra. 36-    Mohamed Malki. 37-    Mohamed Safi. 38-    Diaa Hamad. 39-    Ghalib Warda. 40-    Yousef Jahjouh. 41-    Daoud el-Helw. 42-    Mohamed Badr. 43-    Malik Hamid. 44-    Thaer Rabah. 45-    Mahmoud Dar Awaad. 46-    Ezzeldin Abu Senina. 47-    Younis Eissa. 48-    Mahmoud Ghanayem. 49-    Jamal Bahnajawy. 50-    Ezzeldin Zadouk. 51-    Khalil Rashayda. 52-    Haytham Orayqat. 53-    Mohamed al-Matroud. 54-    Mohamed al-Daoud. 55-    Abdel Baset Sowafta. 56-    Nassim Karkari. 57-    Osama al-Dabsi. 58-    Moataz Zayed. 59-    Moataz Nakhla. 60-    Mostafa Sharaka. 61-    Talha Salama. 62-    Abdel Raouf Bestami. 63-    Wael Qassem. 64-    Aysar Salah. 65-     Saoud Zamaara. 66-    Tawfik al-Salhi. 67-    Alaa Abu Moslim. 68-    Mounir Aby Ramouz. 69-    Raafat al-Safdi. 70-    Yasser Salim. 71-    Mohamed al-Aghbar. 72-    Ashraf Mazloum. 73-    Mohamed Hashah. 74-    Ziab Abu Qabita. 75-    Ahmed Bukhari. 76-    Saad Abu Ramouz. 77-    Othman Abu Araam. 78-    Mohamed al-Maghrebi. 79-    Mohamed Abu Selim. 80-    Talal al-Layl. 81-    Mohamed Abu Radaha. 82-    Dahd Shoraiaa. 83-    Ashraf Faroukh. 84-    Mohamed Salih. 85-    Mahmoud Eissa Ali. 86-    Ahmed Thawabta. 87-    Maraai Dar Zaib. 88-    Nidal Sobeih. 89-    Taha Eissa. 90-    Alaa Moshahra. 91-    Abdellah Mahdada. 92-    Khidr Ayoush. 93-    Ammar Rabeei Rizk 94-    Wahba Haliba. 95-    Mohamed Kefaya. 96-    Majdi Taqtaqa. 97-    Ahmed el-Qar. 98-    Salah Amr. 99-    Nael el-Sheikh Saeed. 100-    Mohannad Kalbouna 101-    Ahmed Zahran 102-    Ahmed Sobeih. 103-    Abd Asakra. 104-    Shadi Salah 105-    Mohamed Afana. 106-    Bassam Sharaawy 107-    Khaid Taqtaqa. 108-    Samir Sobh. 109-    Ahmed Yassin. 110-    Nidal Sobeih. 111-    Abd Abu Torki. 112-    Amjad Haliba. 113-    Walid Ata.