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Yesterday (Thursday) evening, approximately 40 security detainees were released from Ofer Prison in an unusual manner and without prior notice.
The IDF and the Shin Bet responded and said that the release of the detainees was done to "make room for detainees with a higher threat level", however Minister Ben Gabir's office said that it was a "gift for Ramadan".
"It is alarming that on the day when two Jews were murdered, the head of the Shin Bet chooses to pay tribute to the murderers," the bureau said.
Ofer Prison/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
A few hours ago, about 40 security detainees, residents of Judea and Samaria, were released from the Ofer prison used to incarcerate security prisoners.
Those detainees have been detained in recent months by the security forces as part of the extensive wave of arrests that began with the outbreak of the Iron Swords War.
Tonight, the IDF and the Shin Bet responded to the release of the security detainees.
"According to the assessment of the situation by all the security agencies and with an emphasis on the shortage of space in the prisons, it was decided to release administrative detainees who end their detention in the coming month," it said, "in order to make room for detainees with a higher threat level."
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"They talked because of the direct guidance of the head of the Shin Bet." Ben Gvir/photo processing, Yonatan Zindel/Flash 90
The Prison Service added and released an additional statement.
"The detainees who were released this evening are administrative detainees, who were released in accordance with the instructions of the IDF in coordination with the General Security Service," the statement said
. Ben Gvir also responded and denied the IDF and Shin Bet statements. On behalf of Ben Gvir it was stated that the release of the detainees is a "tribute" in preparation for the upcoming Ramadan holiday. of the head of the Shin Bet as a 'tribute' in preparation for Ramadan",
the Bureau further stated that "it is alarming that on the day when two Jews were murdered, the head of the Shin Bet chooses to pay tribute to the murderers, and this is a day after the Shin Bet requested that the administrative detention of a Jewish settler be extended for the second time ".
Finally, the minister's office emphasized that the prison service had no discretion in the matter.
The detainees said that "it was not explained to them why they were released"/Flash 90, Jamal Awad
Some of the released detainees were interviewed tonight by Palestinian media.
In their interviews they stated that they were not explained why they were released, but clarified that the conditions in the prison were difficult.
Among the detainees who were released is Mazen Aldenbeck, a senior member of the Fatah movement in Nablus, who was arrested and imprisoned many times in recent years for security offenses. In one of his statements, after the elimination of a number of terrorists in Nablus, he said that the occupation understands only force and praised the resistance to the occupation. Another detainee who was released is Sameh Abu Assab, the brother of the terrorist Thaar Abu Assab who died in Katziot prison about 4 months ago after allegedly being beaten by a group of guards.
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