Qatar, Turkey to take in Palestinian murderers released under Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal

Qatar and Turkey are slated to take in the lion’s share of the Palestinian murder convicts released by Israel as part of its hostage deal with the Hamas terrorist group, Arab media reported on Wednesday.Doha has reportedly agreed to welcome some 55 of the high-profile terrorists with blood on their hands whose sentences were commuted by Israel on Saturday as part of the second wave of releases during the truce, in exchange for four female Israel Defense Forces soldiers taken captive during Hamas’ Oct.7, 2023, cross-border massacre in southern Israel.Ankara is expected to host the remainder, and an additional country—possibly Algeria—may be asked to host some of the terrorists deported at a later stage of the ceasefire, according to Wednesday’s report, which cited sources in Hamas and in the region.The talks on where to send the released terrorists are reportedly being conducted in full coordination with Jerusalem.In accordance with the terms of the agreement, Israel on Saturday freed a total of 200 terrorists (50 for each soldier — 30 serving life sentences and 20 who were supposed to remain in prison for up to 15 years).

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Those who were “convicted of murder, of manufacturing weapons used for murder, or of directing the carrying out a fatal attack” were deported to the Gaza Strip or abroad, instead of to Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.Murderers have been banned from returning to territories under Israeli control for three years or permanently, depending on their crimes, Jerusalem has previously said.A hundred and nine terrorists were released back into Judea and Samaria, 21 to the Gaza Strip and the rest, about 70, were deported to Egypt and are expected to leave for other countries in...