Who are the four high -profile prisoners that Hamas wants to free themselves in hostage conversations?

Who are Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa’adat, Ibrahim Hamed and Abbas Al-Sayed?

As Israel, Hamas and international mediators gathered in Egypt on Monday, four high-profile Palestinian prisoners, Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa’adat, Ibrahim Hamed and Abbas Al-Sayed, would be expected to overcome the list of Hamas in any exchange of Israeli hostages that it possesses.

Marwan Barghouti: Fatah leader convicted of five murders

Barghouti, a senior figure of Fatah and former head of the Tanzim militia in the West Bank, was a key leader of the second intifada. He was arrested in Ramallah during the defensive operation shield in April 2002 and then convicted in an Israeli civil court of five murder positions and other crimes; He is serving five perpetual chains, more additional years.

In April to May 2017, while directeding a great hunger strike of prisoners, Israel’s prison service released images that, according to him, showed Barghouti, secretly eating in his cell, a clip that his supporters called manufactured.

Barghouti remains one of the most popular Palestinian politicians, according to multiple surveys, and has often been mentioned in negotiations as a higher demand for Hamas.

AHMAD SA’ADAT: PFLP Chief tied to Ze’evi’s murder

Sa’adat became general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in October 2001 after the Israel Defense Forces (FDI) killed their predecessor, Abu Ali Mustafa. Israel is responsible for planning the 2001 murder of the Minister of Tourism, Rehavam Ze’evi. After years in the custody of the Palestinian authority in Jericho, monitored by the British and American guardians, the monitors retired and the FDI raided the prison in March 2006, arrested Sa’adat. In 2008, an Israeli military court sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

Ibrahim Hamed: Hamas Chief of Operations in the West Bank

Hamed served as the main commander of the Izzadin Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas in the West Bank during the second intifada and was arrested in Ramallah in May 2006. He was convicted of orchestrating a series of important bombardments, including the bombardments at the time of the cafeteria in Jerusalem (11 killed), the bombardment of the hebratic University (9), and other mass-attack attacks. He received 54 consecutive perpetual chains for 46 murders.

Abbas Al-Sayed: Intellectual Author of the 2002 Park Hotel massacre

Sayed, a Tulkarm Hamas operation, helped plan the Easter night suicide bombardment at the Netanya’s Park Hotel hotel in March 2002, which killed 30 people and wounded about 160. He was sentenced in the Tel Aviv district court and sentenced to 35 sentences of life; Israel has repeatedly excluded it from the exchanges of previous prisoners.