The Schalit deal: 1,027 prisoners to be freed in
2 stages

In exchange deal passed by the cabinet, 450 Palestiniansand Israeli Arabs will be released to West Bank, Gaza, eastJerusalem, overseas. 
 

Details of the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange passed by the cabinet emerged Tuesday night.

A total of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners will be released in the deal, in two stages.

In the first stage, 450 prisoners will be released, 280 of whom are serving life sentences.

Of those, Israel agreed to release 96 prisoners to theWest Bank and 14 to eastJerusalem. Another 203 from the West Bank will be deported to Gaza and 40 will be sent abroad. Further, 131 prisoners from Gaza will be released back to Gaza. 

Of the 110 prisoners being released to the West Bankand east Jerusalem, half will have limited freedom of movement. Some will not be able to travel abroad, or leave their home cities. Only 55 of those 110 prisoners are Hamas operatives. 

Six Israeli Arabs will be released to their homes.

27 female prisoners will be released as a part of the deal.

Schalit will then be sent to Israel, and another 550 prisoners – including women and minors – will be released.

Jailed terrorists Marwan Barghouti, Abdullah Barghouti, Ibrahim Hamed and Ahmed Sadat will not be released as part of the deal.

If the deal is approved, a full list of the prisoners set to be released in the deal will be released to the public 48 hours before the exchange takes place.