After seven weeks of war, the four-day ceasefire The conflict between Israel and Hamas began on Friday morning. Under this truce 39 Palestinians Women and children were released on Friday.

Here’s what is known about those released and those who could be released in the coming days.

Who were the prisoners released on Friday?

Of the 39 Palestinians released by Israel, 17 are minors.

They are:

• Yousef Mohammad Mustafa came from Ramallah
• Qusai Hani Ali Ahmad from Bethlehem
• Jibreel Ghassan Ismail Jibreel from Qalqilya
• Mohammad Ahmad Suleiman Abu Rajab from Al-Khalil
• Ahmad Nu’man Ahmad Abu Na’im from Ramallah
• Baraa Bilal Mahmoud Rabee from Al-Khalil
• Aban Iyad Mohammad Said Hammad from Qalqilya
• Moataz Hatem Moussa Abu Aram from Al-Khalil
• Iyad Abdul Qader Mohammad Khateeb from Jerusalem
• Hazma Laith Khalil Othman Othman from Ramallah
• Mohammad Mahmoud Ayoub Dar Darwish from Ramallah
• Jamal Khalil Jamal Barahmeh from Areeha
• Jamal Yousef Jamal Abu Hamdan from Nablus
• Mohammad Anis Saleem Tarabi from Nablus
• Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahman Suleiman Rizq from Jerusalem
• Zeina Raed Abdou doesn’t follow anyone. Autodesk_new
• Noor Mohammad Hafez Al-Tahir from Nablus

Zeina and Noor are girls, the others are boys.

The remaining 22 of the Palestinians released on Friday are women. They are:

• Rawan Nafez Mohammad Abu Matar from Ramallah
• Marah Joudat Moussa Bakir from Jerusalem
• Malak Mohammad Yousef Suleiman from Jerusalem
• Amani Khaled Nu’man Hashem from Jerusalem
• Nihaya Khader Hussein Sawan from Jerusalem
• Fayrouz Fayez Mahmoud Al-Baw from Jerusalem
• Tahreer Adnan Mohammad Abu Suriya from Nablus
• Falisten Fareed Abdul Latif Najm from Nablus
• Walaa Khaled Fawzi Tanja from Tulkarem
• Maryam Khaled Abdul Majid Arafat from Nablus
• Asil Muneer Ibrahim Al-Tayti from Nablus
• Azhar Thaer Bakr Assaf from Jerusalem
• Raghd Nashat Salah Al-Fanni from Tulkarem
• Fatima Nu’man Ali Badr from Jerusalem
• Rawda Moussa Abdul Qader Abu Ajmia from Bethlehem
• Sara Ayman Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al-Suweisa from Nablus
• Fatima Ismail Abdul Rahman Shahin from Bethlehem
• Samira Abdul Harbawi from Jerusalem
• Samah Bilal Abdul Rahman Souf from Qalqilya
• Fatima Bakr Moussa Abu Shalal from Nablus
• Hanan Saleh Abdullah Al-Barghouthi from Ramallah
• Fatima Nasr Mohammad Amarnah from Jenin

When and how were they released?

They were transferred from Israeli prisons to the Israeli-controlled Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank early in the evening.

They were released from Ofer on International Committee of the Red Cross buses at 8:00 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT).

Who could be released next?

Israel has agreed to release 150 imprisoned Palestinian women and children from its prisons in return for Hamas releasing 50 of the women and children captured during the terror attack October 7 attack.

But Israel’s Justice Ministry presented a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners it is considering releasing. It is unclear whether this could be an offer for a possible second phase of the exchange after the deal enabled extending the pause in fighting by one day for every ten more prisoners released by Hamas.

The list of 300 includes 33 women. Most of the remaining names come from boys aged 16 to 18. Boys aged 14 and over are also on the list.

Most of the prisoners on the list were arrested between 2021 and 2023. The prisoners arrested in 2023 were arrested before October 7th.

However, it also includes individuals such as Shorouq Dwayyat, who was arrested in 2015 and is serving the ninth year of her 16-year sentence. Dwayyat is currently serving the longest sentence among Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli prisons.

She was 18 years old when she was arrested and held in Damon Prison in Haifa on charges of stabbing an Israeli settler with a knife. Her family, eagerly awaiting her release, denies these allegations. “Shorouq is sensitive and cannot harm an animal,” says her father Salah Dwayyat. told Al Jazeera back then.

Why are they in prison?

Like Dwayyat, many other prisoners were convicted of crimes including carrying and making knives and daggers. Other common crimes included in Israel’s list include:

• threaten security
• illegal entry into Israel without authorization
• Throwing stones
• Supporting terrorism
• Association with hostile/unknown organizations.

“The main alleged crime of these detentions is stone throwing, which can carry a prison sentence of 20 years for Palestinian children.” said a report published in July by the children’s rights organization Save the Children.

The Israeli publication Haaretz reported that Israel has refused to release people convicted of murder, but those convicted of attempted murder could be released.

Where will the Palestinian prisoners go after their release?

As part of the agreement, Palestinian prisoners will be deported two Israeli prisons southeast of Haifa, namely Damon and Megiddo. They are then taken to the Israeli military prison of Ofer.

There they will be handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross and after their reception, “those from Jerusalem will go to Jerusalem, and those from the West Bank will gather in the municipal council of Bethunia, where their families will wait,” Fares added.

Israel has banned celebrations in Palestinian communities to mark the return of prisoners.

How many Palestinian prisoners are in Israeli prisons?

There are 19 prisons within Israel and one in the occupied West Bank housing Palestinian prisoners.

Before October 7, approximately 5,200 Palestinians were in Israeli custody. However, after the October 7 Hamas attack, the number of Palestinians arrested skyrocketed and 3,000 more were arrested.

Of those arrested after October 7, 37 are journalists. The Palestinian prisoner support and human rights association Addameer reported that most of these journalists were in administrative detention, meaning they are being held behind bars indefinitely without facing trial or charges.

Addameer also reported that inmates in prisons were subjected to physical violence and medical negligence. The report gave the example of a prisoner suffering from blood disorders and asthma. The prisoner was attacked, resulting in wounds and bruises to his head and eyes. The association reported that this prisoner had lost 10 kg since his arrest.

Some Palestinian prisoners have been in Israeli prisons for more than 30 years Oslo Accords were signed. The term “deans of prisoners” is sometimes used for them locally, reported Samidoun, an international Palestinian prisoner solidarity network.

At least 700 Palestinian children under 18 from the occupied West Bank are tried in Israeli military courts every year after being arrested, interrogated and detained by the Israeli army.

According to Save the Children, children in Israeli detention often suffer physical, psychological and sexual abuse, and some are deprived of food, water and sleep.