Hamas demanding ‘most dangerous’ terrorist Ibrahim Hamed serving 54 LIFE SENTENCES to be released in deal
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HAMAS is reportedly demanding Israel release notorious terrorist Ibrahim Hamed who was given an eye-watering 54 life terms. Hamed is a terror commander who ordered a slew of suicide bombing attacks against Israel and was accused of killing at least 96 civilians.
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There are currently some 10,400 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons with Hamed potentially making the list of those to be let go in the coming weeks, Reuters reports. And according to reports in Ynet News, Hamas chiefs are demanding his release as part of ongoing negotiations.
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Operating out of Palestine's Occupied West Bank, he was particularly active during the Second Intifada, an uprising in Palestine against Israeli occupation from 2000 to 2005. Hamed, now in his late 50s or early 60s, was finally caught by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) counter-terror unit after an eight-year manhunt in 2006.
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Israel tried him in a military court and years later he was convicted of killing 46 people in attacks including the horrific 2002 Cafe Moment bombing in Jerusalem. Now Hamas is demanding his release as part of the fragile ongoing ceasefire in Gaza - in exchange for Israeli civilians captured on October 7.
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Some 90 Palestinian prisoners were traded for just three young Israeli women last Sunday, with around 30 more expected to be let go for every hostage. Hamas mastermind Hamed had been released from a Palestinian Authority prison in 2001 when he began planning a series of horrific suicide attacks that became his trademark.
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