Israel stops families from welcoming Palestinian prisoners in Egypt
Israeli authorities are preventing the families of Palestinian prisoners from meeting them in Egypt when released. According to Middle East Monitor the wife of the longest held Palestinian prisoner, Nael Barghouti, and the family of prisoner Khalil Abu Al-Rub were both told by Israel that they could not travel to Egypt to welcome their relatives, who are scheduled to be released on February 28th.
The office publicly said: “The occupation intelligence is preventing the wife of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, Nael Barghouti (Abu Al-Nour), from travelling, as she was heading to Egypt to greet her husband who will be released tomorrow in the Al-Aqsa Flood deal.”
They also said: “The occupation intelligence is preventing the family of prisoner Ashraf Khalil Hussein Abu Al-Rub from travelling to greet their son who is being deported to Egypt.”
Both prisoners are among those being deported and exiled from Palestine while their families remain in the West Bank. Their release will be part of the seventh batch released in the prisoner exchange deal.
The Prisoners’ Information Office in the Gaza Strip announced that Israel will release 602 Palestinian prisoners on February 28th, including 50 who were sentenced to life and 60 others serving longer sentences. This exchange of prisoners is part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, which came into effect on January 19th.
Middle East Monitor, Maghrebi, The New Arab
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