Partial list of the 250 terrorists to be released

Partial list of the 250 terrorists serving life sentences that will be released in exchange for the Israeli hostages

This is a non-exhaustive list of the Palestinian terrorists being released as part of the hostage deal. 

There are many more individuals whose name is either not yet public or that I have overlooked. 

I am happy that our hostages are coming home but it is important for everyone to know the price we are paying for this.

. Ibrahim Alkam, the murderer of the Tzur family in 1996, will be released.

. Mohammed Abu Tabich, who is one of the responsible Islamic Jihad members for the attack at the Megiddo Junction in which 17 people were killed and 40 were injured, will be released.

. Ammar Muhammad Aref Samkhan, a Fatah member who dispatched several suicide terrorists during the Second Intifada, including the horrific attack in Shmuel HaNavi on Bus Line 2, in which 23 people (including 7 children) were murdered and 130 were injured, will be released.

. Mouad Badr Abdallah Da’is, a Hamas member who carried out a stabbing attack in the Otniel area on January 17, 2016, murdering Dafna Meir, a mother of six, will be released. He is serving a life sentence.

. Muhammad Akel, who was one of the Islamic Jihad terrorists responsible for the suicide bombing at the Karkur Junction in 2002, in which 14 were murdered and 50 injured, will be released.

. Baher Bader, who is responsible for a suicide attack in Tzrifin in 2004, a bomb in Tel Aviv, and other serious crimes, will be released. He was sentenced to 11 life sentences.

. Fares Ghanem, who was sentenced to 9 life imprisonments for committing 8 murders and many other serious crimes will be released.

. Ashraf Hajjajra, who was convicted of transporting the terrorist who carried out the attack in the Yeshivat Beit Yisrael neighborhood in Jerusalem, in which 11 people were killed - including two infants, three children and two teenagers - and 50 were injured, will be released. He became a senior member of Fatah during his imprisonment.

. Ahmed Sa'ada, who is responsible for the murder of 11 Israelis in the attack on bus line 20 in Jerusalem in 2002, will be released.

. Arafat Zir who was the initiator of the suicide bombing in Atzmon where 4 Israelis were murdered, and recruiter of suicide bombers, will be released.

. Mohammad Amran, who was a partner in the “2002 Hebron ambush” in which 12 Jews were murdered and who carried out additional attacks, will be released into the West Bank.

. Mohammed Daoud, who murdered Ofra Moses — a pregnant Israeli mother of four — and her 5-year-old son, Tal Moses, will be released.

. Jihad Aziz-Roum, who kidnapped the youth Yuri Gushchin from his home in Givat Ze’ev to Ramallah, where he was murdered and tortured, will be released.

. Mohammad Nasser Sha’aban Abu Rabea, who is a Hamas operative that carried out a stabbing attack at Gush Etzion Junction on November 19, 2015, killing two Israeli civilians, will be released. He is serving a life sentence.

. Ashraf Hanaysha, the Islamic Jihad member who stabbed an Italian tourist to death in Jerusalem in 2006, will be released.

. Ahmad Ismail Ahmad Qawassmeh, a Hamas terrorist who murdered Rabbi Shaya Ben David in 2018 near Hebron, will be released. Serving a life sentence.

. Mohammad Ziad Ahmad Abu Arefah, a Hamas member who murdered an Israeli farmer in October 2017 in the village of Qasra, will be released. He is serving a life sentence.

. Raad Sheikh, a Palestinian policeman who participated in the lynching in Ramallah, will be released.

. Nabil Abu Hadir, who was convicted of murdering his sister because she cooperated with the Shin Bet, will be released.

. Emad Shahaade, who raped and murdered a teenager, will be released.

. Atiya Abu Samhadga, who stabbed and murdered a female Jew, will be released.

. Gefer Alzaatari, a senior Hamas operative who directed several suicide attacks and continued to engage in terrorism even in prison, will be released.

. Maher al-Hashlamoun, an Islamic Jihad member who murdered Dalia Lemkus in 2014 and stabbed two other bystanders will be released. He was jailed from 2000 to 2005 after he was convicted of throwing Molotov cocktails at an IDF patrol. He was sentenced to 2 life sentences in 2015.

. Musa Tsufan, who murdered his mother because she married a Jew, will also be released. In prison, he attempted to organize the kidnapping of a Jew for bargaining purposes.

. Ayham Kamamji, arrested in 2006 and serving two life sentences for his involvement in the attack in which Eliyahu Asheri was kidnapped and murdered in Ramallah, will be released.

. Jahad Karim Aziz-Rom, who kidnapped and murdered the boy Yuri Goshzin in 2001, will be released.  Goshzin was kidnapped from his home in Givat Ze'ev to Ramallah where he was murdered and severely abuse

. The terrorist who sent the female suicide bomber to carry out an attack on French Hill in 2004 which two individuals were murdered and 33 injured, will be released. He was arrested two years later after attempting another attack.

. Hussein Jawadra, who murdered the soldier Eden Atias when he was 16, will be released.

. The terrorist who committed the Neve Yaakov attack in 2002 in which a policewoman was killed, and ten Israeli civilians were wounded, will be released.

. The head of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin area, Iyad Abu al-Rub,  will be released. He is responsible for multiple suicide bombings, including the one in Hadera in which 6 Israelis were murdered.

. Hamdallah Ali, a Hamas senior in the West Bank will be released. He was subordinate to Saleh al-Arouri. He was released as part of the Shalit deal but was recaptured in a maneuver at Shifa Hospital in 2024.

. The terrorist trained a Kurd who subsequently stabbed two police officers in 2016, one critically, will be released. He was sentenced in 2018 to 35 years in prison.

. Ahmed Mahmoud Ali al-Kaabneh, who murdered Hagit Zabicki from the settlement of Adumim, and Leat Kastiel from Holon, in Wadi Qelt in 1997, will be released.

. The individuals who recruited and sent the suicide bomber to commit the (failed) Lehi Street bombing in August 2024 will be released.

. Fatah senior Hazem Awad, who was arrested in 2003 after standing behind a large number of attacks in which Israelis were killed and injured, will be released.

. A senior Fatah official in Bethlehem, Ismail Hamdan, who kidnapped and murdered Avi Boaz Braverman, will be released. He carried out additional terrorist attacks.

. Adnan Abu Atiyah, the head of the Tanzim in Bethlehem, who according to security sources was responsible for many attacks in the sector and for the murder of 8 Israelis, will be released. He eluded forces for 4 years before being captured inside a hospital in Bethlehem.

. A Palestinian police officer who killed Chief Superintendent Moshe Dayan in Jerusalem in 2002, will be released.

. Ahmad Siag, who stabbed a female soldier 4 years ago and stole her weapon, will be released.

. The terrorist who killed Raziel Shevach, a father of six, will be released.

. Zid Ganidi, the head of the large terror cell in Hebron that was thwarted by the Shin Bet four months ago, will be released to his home in Hebron.

. Nader Abu Turki recruited a suicide bomber and carried out a shooting attack. After his release in the Shalit deal, he served as a liaison between Hamas based in Turkey and Hamas based in the West Bank. He will be released into the West Bank as well.

. Hussam Matar, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem, will be released. He was arrested in 2007 for the kidnapping and murder of a collaborator. He also planned to assassinate a minister.

. Ali Hamed, who carried out a vehicular ramming attack in Tel Aviv in 2022 (only injuries), will be released after 3 years.

. Mohammad Ali Hassan Qawsmeh, who was released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal, later resumed Hamas military operations and was re-arrested in March 2024.  

. Omar Ahmad Ayoub Azeiza, who was released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal, returned to Hamas activity and re-arrested in March 2024, will be released.

. Muhammad Harub, who was sentenced in 2024 to 19 years in prison after fatally injuring an Arab on Yom Kippur Eve because he thought he was Jewish, will be released to his home in the West Bank.

. Iman Sider, the Hamas member who carried out the murderous shooting attack in Nahalat Shiva, led a suicide bomber to the Binyanei Hauma area, planned the kidnapping of a soldier, and more, will be released.

. The terrorist who broke into the Frye family’s home at night, fatally stabbing Danny Frye and seriously injuring his pregnant wife - who subsequently lost her unborn child - will be released. The Palestinian attacker committed the murder to dispel rumors that he was collaborating with Israel.

. Muhammad Zaidi and Atsam Farah, who committed the horrific murder of Merik Gabrielov in 2000 will also be released. The victim was shot 15-20 times and his body dumped in a vehicle that was set on fire. The 25-year-old was only identified through dental records, and the attackers were captured 6 years later.

. The individual who dispatched the suicide bomber who murdered the soldier Roy Farjoun in 2006, will be released.

. Yasser Atsfur, head of the Tanzim in Hebron, will be released. He was convicted to two life sentences and 20 years on twelve offenses which include two cases of murder, and one attempted murder.

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Here are several unnamed individuals whose offences are known who will also be released:

 - A Hamas member who sent a terrorist to carry out a stabbing attack in 2019 which one Israeli was murdered. He also sought to establish Hamas infrastructure and was sentenced to life impresionante.

- A Hamas member who carried out the fatal stabbing attack.

- A Hamas member who carried out an attack in which a woman was murdered. Arrested in 2016, sentenced to life imprisonment.

- A Hamas member who murdered an Israeli in Kafr Qasim. Arrested in 2018, sentenced to life imprisonment.

- A Hamas member who murdered two in a shooting attack in Gush Etzion. Arrested in 2015, sentenced to life imprisonment.

- A Hamas member bomb engineer who sent terrorists to carry out attacks in which Israelis were injured. He was arrested in 2001, sentenced to life imprisonment.

- A senior Hamas military operative who dispatched terrorists to carry out attacks in which there were Israeli casualties. He was arrested in 2004, sentenced to life imprisonment.

- One of the Hamas members who kidnapped and murdered Nissim Toledano in 1992. He also participated in a car bombing on two soldiers. He was arrested in 1993, sentenced to life imprisonment.