A Palestinian prisoners advocacy group has said Israeli authorities would release 110 prisoners, including 30 minors, tomorrow as part of an exchange under a Gaza ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas.
"Tomorrow, 110 Palestinian prisoners are to be released," the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said in a statement, referring to the third exchange of hostages and detainees under the truce, which began on 19 January.
The group said the prisoners were expected to arrive in the "Radana area of Ramallah at around noon".
Publishing the list of the prisoners, the group said 30 were under the age of 18, 32 had been sentenced to life imprisonment, and 48 others were serving jail terms of varying lengths.
The group also said that 20 of the prisoners set to be released would be sent into exile.
In the previous two swaps, seven Israeli hostages were freed by militants in exchange for 290 prisoners -- almost all Palestinians, with the exception of one Jordanian.
Three Israeli hostages are to be freed tomorrow, along with five Thai nationals.
The three Israeli hostages are Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses. The identities of the five Thais are still unknown.
A fourth swap planned for Saturday will see three Israeli men released, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
Meanwhile, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that forced displacement of Gazans is an "injustice that we cannot take part in", after US President Donald Trump floated a plan to move Palestinians from the territory to Egypt and Jordan.
"The deportation and displacement of the Palestinian people from their land is an injustice that we cannot take part in," Mr Sisi said during a news conference in Cairo with Kenyan President William Ruto.
Mr Sisi added that Egypt's historic position on the Palestinian cause "can never be compromised".
He said Egypt supported "the establishment of a Palestinian state" and was "determined to work with President Trump, who seeks to achieve the desired peace based on the two-state solution".
"We believe that President Trump is capable of fulfilling this long-awaited goal of establishing a just and lasting peace in the Middle East," said Mr Sisi.
After the Israel-Hamas ceasefire came into force on 19 January, Mr Trump touted a plan to "clean out" Gaza, reiterating the idea on Monday as he called for Palestinians to move to "safer" locations such as Egypt or Jordan.
Speaking to reporters, Mr Trump said that he hoped Mr Sisi "would take some" Gazans.
"We helped them a lot, and I'm sure he'd help us," he said.
"As they say, it's a rough neighbourhood, but I think he would do it, and I think the king of Jordan would do it too."
Jordan too rejected the idea, saying: "Jordan is for Jordanians and Palestine is for Palestinians."
Israeli drone strike injures 5 people in southern Lebanon - health ministry
Five people were injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Selm, the Lebanese health ministry said.
Yesterday, Israeli air strikes injured 36 people in Nabatieh, a major town in south Lebanon, according to the health ministry.
The Israeli military said it had struck Hezbollah vehicles that were transporting weapons on the edge of Nabatieh.
The Israeli army also detained three people in the southern border town of Maroun al-Ras, Lebanese state news agency NNA reported.
Israel has carried out strikes in southern Lebanon although Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel agreed on a ceasefire in late November, ending a conflict that killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war in 2023.
Israel has not yet fully withdrawn its forces from southern Lebanon and has said it will keep operating against any threat posed to the state of Israel and its citizens.
Following the strikes on Nabatieh, senior Hezbollah official Mohammad Raad said that the Lebanese people's right to resist Israeli attacks is a "sacred and legitimate right".
He said this right should be exercised at the time and place deemed necessary to protect the country's security.
The US said on Sunday the agreement between Lebanon and Israel, which included an initial 60-day period for the withdrawal of Israeli troops, would remain in effect until 18 February, an extension to the 26 January deadline previously agreed.
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged US General Jasper Jeffers, who chairs the committee monitoring the ceasefire, to pressure Israel into implementing the ceasefire according to international law.
Mr Mikati also thanked the International Red Cross for its efforts in securing the release of nine Lebanese who had been detained by Israel.
Israeli forces killed at least 24 people and wounded at least 141 in southern Lebanon on Sunday and Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as thousands of people tried to return to their homes in the area in defiance of Israeli military orders.
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