Israel has agreed to release Palestinians held in Israeli prisons as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
In exchange, the militant group will release the hostages it took in its October 7, 2023 attack, writes A2 CNN.
According to foreign media, there are believed to be over 10,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons and there is no final agreement on which prisoners will be released.
Here are some of the most prominent figures held in Israeli prisons who may soon be released:
Nael Barghouti
Nael Barghouti has spent 44 years imprisoned by Israel - more than any other Palestinian.
He is known as the "dean" of Palestinian prisoners.
Barghouti was first imprisoned in 1978 for his part in an attack that killed an Israeli soldier in Jerusalem. At the time, he was a member of the armed wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
He was released in 2011 under a deal that saw more than 1,000 Palestinians released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas militants in 2006.
He married soon after his release in 2011, but was arrested again in 2014 after being accused of breaking his release agreement.
Abdallah Barghouti
Abdallah Barghouti was sentenced to 67 life sentences in 2004 by an Israeli military court for his involvement in a series of suicide attacks in 2001 and 2002 that killed dozens of Israelis.
He was accused of preparing explosives used in attacks, including one at a Jerusalem restaurant that killed 16 people. A pregnant woman and seven children were among the victims.
Marwan Barghouti
A leading member of the Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti was seen as a possible successor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
He made his name as a leader and organizer in both uprisings waged by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip since 1987.
He was arrested in 2002, accused of orchestrating gun ambushes and suicide attacks, and sentenced to five life sentences in 2004.
Ahmed Saadat
Saadat, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was accused by Israel of ordering the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in 2001.
Under an agreement with the Palestinian Authority in 2002, Saadat stood trial in a Palestinian court and was imprisoned in a Palestinian Authority prison, where he was held under international supervision.
The Israeli army captured him in 2006 and accused him of involvement in a militant group, arms trafficking and participation in deadly attacks.
There was not enough evidence to charge him with Zeev's murder, but he was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008.
Ibrahim Hamed
Hamed was arrested in 2006 in Ramallah and sentenced to 54 life sentences after being accused of planning suicide attacks that killed dozens of Israelis.
Hamed, who had been on Israel's wanted list for eight years before his arrest, was the top West Bank commander of the Izz el Deen Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing.
While he was on the run, Israel detained his wife for eight months and in 2003 demolished her home, writes A2 CNN. (A2 Televizion)
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