A Hamas affiliate was released from Israeli custody on Tuesday after completing his 20-year sentence, prisoner committee officials announced.
Muhammad Nihad Salameh Al-Hashash, 47, from the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, was received by members of the National Committee for the Support for Detainees upon his release at the northern Erez crossing.
The Hamas member was detained on 22 September 1990 and was sentenced to a 20-year term for killing an [illegal occupation] Israeli soldier in the Al-Bureij refugee camp.
His mother suffered a heart attack during her first visit to Al-Hashash in jail on 11 May 2000 and has remained in poor health since, the committee said.
According to committee records, there are 313 Palestinian prisoners currently in Israeli prison who have served over 20 years, including 115 prisoners serving between 20-25, 14 between 25-30 years and three who have spent over 30 years in Israeli custody. Ma'an
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