LIVE BLOG: 7th Prisoner Exchange Underway as West Bank Raids Continue – Day 505

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Red Cross is heading to the second handover site in Nuseirat, central Gaza. Meanwhile, the Israeli Prison Service announced preparations to release Palestinian detainees from Ofer and Ketziot prisons.

Hundreds of Al-Qassam Brigades members gather in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, preparing to release another group of Israeli detainees from the camp as part of the prisoner exchange deal. pic.twitter.com/bzOp6E3ATN

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) February 22, 2025

CHANNEL 12: The Red Cross’s initial assessment indicates the released prisoners are in stable condition.

HAMAS:

The resistance’s success in exchanging six prisoners today confirms its commitment to the agreement, while the occupation continues to delay implementation.

The handover reflects national unity among our people and factions, while the occupation faces internal division and mutual accusations.

The Israeli public has two choices: receive their prisoners in coffins or embrace them alive under the resistance’s terms.

We are ready for the second phase and prepared for a comprehensive exchange, including a ceasefire and occupation withdrawal.

We warn against the occupation reneging on the agreement and emphasize that negotiation is the only path to prisoners’ return.

Netanyahu’s attempts to escape his army’s defeat in Gaza by committing massacres in the West Bank will not break our people’s will.

Our treatment of prisoners is based on our religious and moral values, while our prisoners suffer torture and repression in occupation jails.

The occupation’s prevention of exiled prisoners’ families from traveling exposes its violations and defeat.

Our people and resistance will continue the struggle for land and holy sites until the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Red Cross vehicles have arrived at the handover site in Rafah for the Israeli prisoners.

The handover ceremony of Israeli prisoners has begun in Rafah.

The moment Al-Qassam Brigades release two Israeli soldier captives in Rafah as part of the seventh batch of the prisoner exchange.

Avera Mengistu, held for a decade, has also been freed in exchange for 46 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences.

In total, Israel will… pic.twitter.com/DDoa0g2FVF

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) February 22, 2025

CHANNEL 13: The Red Cross is en route to receive prisoners from Rafah, with authorities preparing to receive them.

AL-QASSAM SOURCE: A source in Al-Qassam Brigades stated that the handover ceremony will include a display of Israeli weapons captured during battles in Rafah.

AL-JAZEERA: A source in Al-Qassam told Al-Jazeera that Afra Mengistu and Tal Shoham will be released in Rafah, southern Gaza.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army is preparing to receive prisoners from two sites in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The release of six Israeli prisoners will occur at two sites: Rafah and central Gaza.

CHANNEL 12: The forensic institute confirmed the body handed over to Israel is that of Shiri Bibas.

A ‘special source’ told Al-Jazeera channel that this Friday evening the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, handed over the body of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas to the International Committee of the Red Cross.… pic.twitter.com/TETZcu1El5

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) February 21, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli special forces raided the Airport Street area in Kafr Aqab, northern occupied Jerusalem.