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On Thursday night (Oct. 10th), the government approved a deal between Israel and the Hamas terror group, under which dozens of Israeli hostages will be returned, the IDF will withdraw to lines defined in the agreement, and the State of Israel will once again release thousands of terrorists, including many murderers, to freedom.
Around 2,000 terrorists, including 250 murderers serving life sentences, are expected to be released in the coming days as part of the deal. Some will be deported abroad, while others will be sent to Judea and Samaria and a few will even be released back to Jerusalem.
Ministers Bezalel Smotrich, Orit Strook, Itamar Ben Gvir, Yitzhak Wasserlauf, and Amichai Eliyahu voted against the deal but chose to remain in the government. Minister Ofir Sofer from Religious Zionism voted in favor. The cabinet meeting where the vote was held was also attended by American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
After the vote, the agreement was ratified and the IDF has already withdrawn to the lines in Gaza as agreed to in the deal.
The names, faces, and attacks
After the previous hostage release deal in January 2025, HaKol HaYehudi launched a special website: “The Real Price,” which compiled the names of 737 terrorists, including 284 serving life sentences, who were released. The site also lists the names of more than 700 victims murdered in the attacks perpetrated by those released. Compiling this list required hundreds of hours of work by HaKol HaYehudi staff and volunteers. In multiple absurd instances, we found ourselves being the ones to notify victims’ families that their loved ones’ murderers were to be freed.
Once again, HaKol HaYehudi has managed to obtain the names of terrorists to be released, and with the help of volunteers, has begun publishing them including their faces, names, the attacks they carried out and their victims.
Among the thousands of terrorists to be released are senior terror leaders, including several who murdered Israeli women and children.
Kamal Hanisha, commander of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Nablus, was responsible for a series of deadly attacks during the Second Intifada including the massacre of the Shabo family in the Jewish community of Itamar on a Friday night in June 2002. In that attack, Rachel Shabo, and her children Neria, Tzvika, and Avishai, were murdered, as was the community’s security coordinator Yossi Twitto.
Hanisha was also responsible for a marketplace bombing in Netanya in 2002, in which Arkady Vizelman, Victor Tatrinov, and Haviv Yosef were murdered. In addition, he planned an attack at a Disco Outpost in the Samaritan neighborhood where soldiers Amir Ben Aryeh and Idan Suzin were murdered, and was involved in a terror infiltration in Har Bracha where Dalit and Yaakov Rand were wounded. He also plotted numerous other attacks that did not result in deaths.
In its ruling at the time, the court found that Hanisha must compensate the surviving members of the Shabo family with millions of shekels. Other terrorists expected to be released were also ordered by the court to compensate victims’ families, though most have never paid even a single shekel. In some cases, victims’ families managed to petition for the terrorists’ prison canteen balances to be confiscated for payment. Given the planned release of these murderers, it seems now that bereaved families will find it even harder to receive any of what they are owed.
The Senior Terrorists being released: Fatah and PFLP commanders, murderer with 12 victims
Another senior terrorist expected to be released is Riyad Dakhlallah Ahmad al-Amour, convicted of murdering 12 people. Al-Amour, a senior Fatah operative, was sentenced to 11 life terms for murdering nine soldiers and civilians near Bethlehem during the Second Intifada, as well as three Arabs suspected of collaborating with Israel.
From October 2000 to March 2003, he took part in shootings, sniper attacks, and kidnappings near Solomon’s Pools near Bethlehem and the Tunnels Road from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion. Among other victims, he was responsible for the murder of Lt. Col. Yehuda Edri, commander of Unit 504, who was killed by an informant recruited by Al-Amour. Similarly, Al-Amour was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Avi Boaz, an architect who believed in coexistence and helped construct houses for Arabs near Bethlehem. He also planned attacks where soldiers Sgt. Max Hazan, Lt. David Hen Cohen, Sgt. Shlomo Adashina, and Sgt. Dani Dray were murdered, as were civilians Avraham Fish, Aharon Gurov, and Devorah Friedman. Al-Amour is to be deported abroad.
Akram Abu Bakr, a senior Fatah terrorist who headed the Tanzim group in Tulkarem during the Second Intifada is to be released. He was responsible for dozens of shootings and bombings that killed multiple soldiers and civilians.
Also to be released is Alaa al-Karkhi from Hebron, who in 1993 murdered Erez Shmuel in an alley in Hebron, now named the “Erez Alley.” Al-Karkhi is to be deported abroad.
Mahir al-Shalmon, who murdered Dalia Lemkus in 2014 at the Alon Shvut junction in Gush Etzion, will also be released and deported abroad.
Mahmoud Abdallah Ali Arda will also be released. In 1996, he murdered policeman Meir Alush in the village of Bidya and wounded his wife Alush’s wife Nitza, who was holding their baby at the time. He is also one of the terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison in 2021 before being recaptured. He too will be deported abroad.
Returning to Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria: murderers returning near their victims’ homes
As noted, dozens of released terrorists are expected to remain in Judea and Samaria, and some who hold Israeli ID cards will even return to Jerusalem’s streets.
For example, Ayman Kurd will return to Jerusalem. In 2016, he stabbed and critically wounded police officer Tzipi Yaakovian near the Perachim Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City. Yaakovian has been paralyzed ever since the attack. Kurd was sentenced to 35 years, yet will be released after ultimately serving less than 10 years.
Saadi Abu Hamid, who worked at the Ma’ale Adumim mall, murdered security guard Tzvika Cohen in 2016 with an axe. He was sentenced to 30 years, but will also be freed after serving less than 10. He will return to his home in al-Eizariya, near Ma’ale Adumim where he carried out the attack.
Mahmoud Abu Srour, who murdered Shin Bet officer Haim Nachmani in 1993, will return to Hebron.
Almahdi Ramadan, a senior Fatah operative in Gush Etzion who recruited suicide bombers and participated in multiple terror attacks during the Second Intifada, will return to Gush Etzion.
Ibrahim Alqam, a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), will be released and deported abroad. In 1996, he murdered Ita Tzur and her son Efraim in a shooting attack in the Binyamin region.
Hussein Qawadra from Jenin, who in 2013 murdered soldier Eden Atias at the Afula central bus station, will also be released.
HaKol HaYehudi continues to work with volunteers to locate and collect further information about the terrorists to be released. Updates will be posted regularly on our website and on our social media platforms: Facebook, X (Twitter), Telegram, and WhatsApp.
