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Preparations set for Hassan Nasrallah's funeral as tens of thousands flock to Beirut
Delegations from Iraq, Iran, and Yemen will join hundreds of thousands of mourners to commemorate the life and death of the late Hezbollah leader
❗️Israeli military claims in a statement that it targeted crossing points on the Lebanon-Syria border used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons into Lebanon, calling it a "violation" of the ceasefire agreement.
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❗️Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN):
Palestinian prisoners will be released in the late hours of the night, based on the recommendations of the political level.
Saudi Arabia hosts ‘informal’ Arab summit on post-war Gaza
An emergency Arab League summit will be held in Cairo next month to solidify Arab plans for reconstruction in Gaza and other post-war issues in an effort to counter Donald Trump's controversial proposal
❗️Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) citing an official:
The release of Palestinian prisoners will be posponed until after the security consultations that Netanyahu will chair.
❗️The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP):
○ "The PFLP calls on the masses of our Palestinian people, the sons of our Arab and Islamic nation, and the free people of the world, to participate massively in the funeral ceremonies of the martyrs of the nation, Lebanon, Palestine, and the resistance, the martyr leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, and his comrade, the martyr leader and Secretary-General Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, which will be held tomorrow, Sunday, at the Sports City Stadium in the heart of the Lebanese capital, Beirut."
○ "Participating in the funeral of two great symbols of the resistance is a popular referendum and a clear message to the entire world that the choice of resistance is firmly rooted in the conscience of the people, and that the blood of the martyred leaders will only increase our determination and resolve to continue on their path until we achieve victory and liberation over the Zionist entity and all forms of colonialism."
"We will not abandon our land."
A fighter from the Qassam Brigades declares his refusal to be displaced and vows to continue armed resistance against the Israeli occupation.
The Qassam Brigades' hand over the prisoner Hisham al-Sayed as part of today's exchange deal.
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Palestinian detainees inscribed, "We will not forget, we will not forgive, and we will not kneel," on the walls of Ktzi'ot Prison hours before their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire prisoner exchange, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
Israel is expected to release 620 Palestinian prisoners today, including 71 serving life sentences and 60 with long prison terms. Among them, 97 prisoners will be deported, including Nael Barghouti.
Seventh round of Gaza prisoner exchange underway as hundreds of Palestinians set for release
Over 600 Palestinian prisoners will be released from prisons in exchange for six living Israeli captives and four bodies
The moment an Israeli prisoner kissed Qassam fighters on the forehead during the handover to the Red Cross in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
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❗️The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office, the Prisoners’ and Freed Prisoners’ Affairs Authority, and the Prisoners’ Club release the seventh list of names of the prisoners to be freed in the first phase of the exchange process for Saturday, 22 February, 2025.
The list includes: 50 prisoners serving life sentences, 60 prisoners serving long sentences, 41 prisoners released in the 2011 exchange deal who were re-arrested, and 445 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were detained by Israel after 7 October.
Israeli soldier captive kisses the head of a Qassam Brigades member on the handover platform in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
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❗️The handover ceremony of 3 Israeli captives held by the Palestinian resistance to the Red Cross begins in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip.
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❗️Hezbollah's Deputy Executive Council Chief, Sheikh Ali Damoush:
"Lebanon, on whose soil we have sacrificed our most esteemed leaders as martyrs, will never be Israeli, will never be a foothold for the Zionists, and will never be divided."
US airstrike kills Al-Qaeda operative in Syria's northwest
Hurras al-Din is the official Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria and a rival to Hayat Tahir al-Sham (HTS), which now rules the country
Tel Aviv bus bombings: False flag Or Netanyahu’s luck?
On Thursday night, three explosive devices detonated on buses in Tel Aviv, causing chaos and a public frenzy. While the issue has been weaponized by the Israeli government to expand its ongoing assault on the West Bank, no group has claimed responsibility. A senior Hamas official has informed The Cradle of their suspicions that the event could have been a false-flag attack.
By Robert Inlakesh
Syrians in Quneitra call for preserving unity, resisting Israeli occupation
The call was made during a dialogue session held in preparation for a national conference to shape the country's political future
❗️The Qassam Brigades handed over prisoner Hisham al-Sayed to the Red Cross delegation in Gaza City as part of the seventh batch of the Al-Aqsa Flood prisoner exchange deal, without a ceremony, out of respect for Palestinians in the ’48 territories.
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❗️Mass crowds from the south of Lebanon and the Beqaa are on their way to Beirut to participate in the funeral of Secretary Generals Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, set to take place tomorrow.
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❗️Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle near Houla in southern Lebanon, causing it to burst into flames.
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❗️Spokesman for the Mujahideen Brigades, Abu Bilal:
"The scenes of handing over enemy captives today in conditions that respect human dignity once again prove the falsehood of the enemy’s claims regarding the circumstances of the captives’ deaths, especially the blatant lies about the bodies of the Bibas family, whom Netanyahu killed with his airstrikes.
Today, we participated alongside the resistance factions in delivering the seventh batch of enemy captives, in a scene that reflects the steadfast Palestinian will and reinforces the failure of the Nazi occupation in achieving its goals and breaking the resilience of our people and resistance."
Heartwarming moments between the dismissed Head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission, Qaddura Fares, and the deported Palestinian prisoners in Egypt.
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❗️Palestinian Prisoners' Club announces that 620 prisoners are set to be released today, including 151 prisoners with life sentences and long sentences, 43 to the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, 97 sent abroad, 11 detained from Gaza before 7 October, 2023, 445 from Gaza who were detained after 7 October, 2023, and 24 women and children from Gaza.
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⭕️ Engineer Dirar Abu Seesi, known as the 'Father of Deadly Rockets' by Israeli security services, will be released today as part of the prisoner exchange deal after 14 years of imprisonment. The former deputy engineer of Gaza's sole electrical plant was abducted by the Mossad and Shin Bet from Ukraine in 2011 and later sentenced to 21 years.
Israeli authorities accused him of being a key figure in Hamas' military development—the central developer of the Qassam rocket and other weapons while also overseeing upgrades to older rockets.
Contrary to expectations, Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Dr. Hussam Abu Safia is not listed among the 602 Palestinian prisoners being released from Israeli prisons today, 445 of them from Gaza.
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❗️The Red Cross receives 3 Israeli soldier captives from the Palestinian resistance in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza.
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The Palestinian resistance opens the captive handover ceremony in central Gaza's Nuseirat with the Palestinian national anthem.
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❗️Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem:
"Today, our Palestinian people mark a major achievement in the Al-Aqsa Flood battle, thanks to their resilience, sacrifices, and the bravery of the resistance, through the execution of a large prisoner exchange operation.
The Qassam Brigades and the resistance have forced the Zionist occupation to cross the red lines it set for itself regarding the release of prisoners, breaking the chains of several key figures in the prisoners' movement.
Hamas reaffirms its full commitment to completing all phases of the prisoner exchange process and is ready to carry out a mass exchange in the second phase—on the condition that the occupation commits to a lasting ceasefire, withdraws from Gaza, and releases our prisoners from its jails."
❗️Qassam Brigades sources to Al Jazeera about HIsham al-Sayed, the Palestinian captive with Israeli citizenship:
○ The Qassam Brigades have decided to hand over Hisham al-Sayed without ceremony out of respect for the Palestinians inside [the territories occupied in 1948]."
○ "The abnormal cases of recruitment of Palestinian citizens of Israel into the ranks of the occupation are rejected by all Palestinians."
○ "The occupation abandoned prisoner Hisham Al-Sayed for 10 years because he is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, despite having served in its ranks."