Mahmoud Yousef Nimer Al-Khatib

محمود يوسف نمر خطيب

Date of Birth 12/05/1975

Location Yabed

Organization Fatah

Citizenship Palestinian Authority

Imprisonment Details

Arrest Date 10/2/2010

Release Date 13/10/2025

Release Category Hostage Release Deal (October 2025)

Details

Palestinian Authority police officer. Carried out a stabbing attack at the Tapuach Junction in Samaria, on February 10, 2010. The attack killed Ihab Khatib, who served in the logis...

Palestinian Authority police officer. Carried out a stabbing attack at the Tapuach Junction in Samaria, on February 10, 2010. The attack killed Ihab Khatib, who served in the logistics division of the Kfir Brigade. He was released on October 13, 2025, after 15 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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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.