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The prisoner-transport truck which was ambushed by unidentified gunmen on the Qantara-Al Arish Road, off Beer El Abd, North Sinai, on 2 February, 2010. Two policemen were shot dead and 4 injured in the ambush. State of emergency was declared in the province, and the Road was closed.
Freed Egyptian prisoners return home from Israel
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2013
Israeli authorities released Wednesday evening four Egyptian prisoners who had completed their sentences. Khaled...
Palestinian minister says 16 Egyptians are in Israeli prisons
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Oct 2012
The Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs minister said that 16 Egyptians, out of 46 Arab captives, are in...
The Saudi capital of Riyadh, photo by AFP/Getty images
Saudi man back home after seven years in Israel jail
AFP 28 Jul 2012
A Saudi man who was in an Israeli jail for nearly seven years after he got lost in Egypt's Sinai desert has...
The mother of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli prison arrives to join a group traveling by bus across the Erez border crossing in Beit Hanun. A group of Palestinians from Gaza have spent half an hour visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the first time in five years. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
Gaza families visit relatives in Israeli jails for first time since 2007
AFP 16 Jul 2012
A group of Palestinians from Gaza spent half an hour on Monday visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the first...
Hunger-striking Palestinian soccer player released
AP 10 Jul 2012
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel released on Tuesday a member of the Palestinian national soccer team who had...
Egypt brokers deal to end 1,600 Palestinian hunger strikers
Reuters 14 May 2012
Egypt has brokered a deal aimed at ending a hunger strike of some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya
Egypt is making progress mediating on hunger strikers
AFP 12 May 2012
Israeli and Egyptian officials are making progress in attempts to end a mass hunger strike by Palestinan prisoners,...
Palestinians urge UN to take action on hunger strikers
AFP 09 May 2012
Several dozen Palestinians on Wednesday blocked staff from entering UN offices in Ramallah to demand that UN chief Ban...
Number of Palestinians on hunger strike hits 1,550
AFP 02 May 2012
At least 1,550 Palestinians in Israeli jails are now taking part in a mass hunger strike, Israel's Prison Service...
A Palestinian man holds a flag in front of Israeli soldiers during a protest against the construction of the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank town of Beit Jala.
Freed Palestinian prisoner thanks Egypt for help with his release
Egypt Independent 24 Apr 2012
Recently freed Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan expressed appreciation Tuesday for the role Egypt played in securing...