Samer Abdul Sami Ahmad Atrash

سامر عبد السميع أحمد أطرش

Date of Birth 03/05/1978

Location East Jerusalem

Organization Hamas

Citizenship East Jerusalem

Imprisonment Details

Arrest Date 31/07/2003

Release Date 25/01/2025

Release Category Hostage Release Deal (January 2025)

Details

Sentenced to life imprisonment for transporting a suicide bomber to carry out an attack on Line 6 on French Hill in Jerusalem in May 2003. The attack killed seven Israelis and inju...

Sentenced to life imprisonment for transporting a suicide bomber to carry out an attack on Line 6 on French Hill in Jerusalem in May 2003. The attack killed seven Israelis and injured twenty. He also planned poisoning, kidnapping and suicide attacks that were thwarted. He was released from prison on January 25, 2025, after 21 years of imprisonment, as part of the second phase of the hostage deal. According to the terms of the deal, he was permanently expelled from the West Bank.

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palestinebehindbars.org

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Israeli and Palestinian news sources.

A list of security prisoners and detainees designated for release as part of the hostage release deal, published on January 17, 2025 by the Israeli Ministry of Justice.

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