Firas Sadiq Muhammad Ghanim

فراس صادق محمد غانم

Date of Birth 28/09/1974

Location East Jerusalem

Organization Fatah

Citizenship East Jerusalem

Imprisonment Details

Arrest Date 8/2/2001

Release Date 13/10/2025

Release Category Hostage Release Deal (October 2025)

Details

The offenses of which he was convicted are: state security – other, causing death intentionally, malicious or negligent damage to property, possession of a firearm, emergency laws,...

The offenses of which he was convicted are: state security – other, causing death intentionally, malicious or negligent damage to property, possession of a firearm, emergency laws, attempted murder, weapons–ammunition–explosives, conspiracy to cause death intentionally. Sentenced to life imprisonment. He was released on October 13, 2025, after 24 years in prison, as part of the deal to free the living hostages from the Gaza Strip. According to the terms of the deal, he was permanently expelled from the West Bank.

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info.wafa.ps

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asra-ps.com

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palestinebehindbars.org

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Israeli and Palestinian news sources.

list of security prisoners and detainees designated for release as part of the hostage release deal, published on October 10, 2025 by the Israeli Ministry of Justice.