Prisoner release

UN says two staff members detained in Afghanistan have been freed

The two Afghan staff members of the UN's Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) were detained in the western city of Herat on August 9, following a string of detentions by Taliban authorities. 

Taliban members are seen from a window as they inspect inside a prison cell at Pul-e-Charkhi prison, located on the outskirts of Kabul on October 17, 2021.
Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a prison sentence for assaulting a Russian police officer in 2022, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia April 6, 2026.

Kremlin releases ailing ex- US Marine Robert Gilman from Russian prison

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.

US citizen detained, held by Iranian regime since 2024 released, Donald Trump announces

 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Israel was unprepared for 10,000 Palestinian security prisoners during war, report finds


Senior Hamas terrorist released in deal to speak at Athens university

Senior Hamas terrorist released in February as part of a ransom for October 7 Massacre hostages is set to speak at a Wednesday panel at Panteion University in Athens.

Poster for a panel at Panteion University in Athens that will feature Abdel Nasser Issa, a senior Hamas terrorist that was released in February, 2025. October 19, 2025

The Palestinian prisoners slated for release under the Gaza ceasefire deal

Israel finalizes list of Palestinian prisoners to be released under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, with 250 serving life sentences.

 A freed Palestinian prisoner holds a flag as they are greeted after being released from an Israeli jail, as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025.

Exchanging Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages sets stage for further massacres - opinion

In essence, the Donald Trump-brokered agreement will set the stage for a next round of October 7 massacre-style defilements.

US SPECIAL ENVOY Steve Witkoff is flanked by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. If the Israel-Hamas agreement leads to Palestinian statehood, Israel can expect a tangible increase in terrorism, the writer warns.

I stood in Hostages’ Square and watched Israel begin to come home

A passerby would struggle to understand the scene. Teenagers and grandparents jump together. Strangers lift one another on their shoulders.

Natali Zangauker and Einav Zangauker, the sister and mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, react during a celebration after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv

Israel will not release Nukhba Force terrorists, source tells 'Post'

Israel will not release Hamas Nukhba Force terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre, a source told The Jerusalem Post.

 Illustrative image of Hamas terrorists.

Jailed Russian dissidents call for mass prisoner release as part of a peace deal with Ukraine

Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written a letter to world leaders appealing for the mass release of Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian civilians held by Russia.

 Activist Darya Kozyreva, who was found guilty of repeatedly discrediting the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict and arrested in the courtroom, is forced into a police car in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 18, 2025

Prison security working to contain Palestinian riot in high-security prison

IPS commissioner Yaakobi called Israel's prisons the "eighth front" after Hamas and Fatah threatened to start a war in Israel's prisons.

 Israel Prison Service security officers on the roof of Ofer Security Prison during unrest, February 16, 2025.

Palestinian prisoners to be shown film of Gaza destruction before release

Over 580 terrorists have been released in the first four waves of the deal's first phase, with another 200 expected to be released over the course of the deal.

An Israeli police officer looks on as a Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Israeli military prison, Ofer, on the day Israel releases Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 19, 2025.

American Jewish leaders grieve as Hamas terrorists convicted of murdering their friends go free

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld wrote on Facebook. 'Somehow it had not occurred to me that people responsible for the deaths of people in my own close circles would be included.'

 The coffins containing the bodies of Sarah Duker (front) and her boyfriend Matthew Eisenfeld (rear), who were killed in a Jerusalem bus bombing, are carried to the gravesite at the Beth El Cemetery in Avon, Connecticut, Feb. 25, 1996. Duker and Eisenfeld were buried next to each other.

Ex-hostage Ofer Kalderon's relatives testify to physical, mental abuse

Freed Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon faced physical and mental abuse in Hamas captivity, including beatings, isolation, and restrictions on basic needs, his relatives revealed.

 Ofer Kalderon embraces family after his release from Hamas captivity, February 1, 2025.