Israel on Sunday published the official list of 477 Palestinian prisoners to be released on Tuesday in the first stage of a deal for the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
The list of 450 Palestinian men and 27 women was published by Israel’s justice ministry on the website of the Israel Prisons Service, to give the public 48 hours to lodge any legal appeals against the deal which will see the return of Shalit, who has spent more than five years in captivity.
Another 550 Palestinian prisoners are to be released within two months. As soon as the list was published, Israel’s main radio and television stations began running through the long list of deadly attacks carried out by the prisoners named on the list. With the publication of the list, Israelis who wish to raise a legal challenge against the swap deal between Israel and Hamas, which was announced last Tuesday, can now petition against it.
