Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi on list of 50 prisoners set for potential release in truce extension

Source: Times of Israel

Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi on list of 50 prisoners set for potential release in truce extension

By TOI STAFF
Today, 4:03 am

Prominent Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi is on the list approved earlier of 50 female Palestinian prisoners okayed for potential early release as part of an extended truce agreement with Hamas.

The Justice Ministry published the list of the 50 additional names late Monday.

Tamimi was arrested just three weeks ago after posting on social media that Palestinians will “slaughter” settlers and “drink your blood.”

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Tamimi became an icon of the Palestinian cause after she was jailed as a teenager for slapping an Israeli soldier. She said the soldiers had shot her cousin in the head with a rubber bullet an hour prior to the filmed encounter.

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