Gilad Shalit deal: Which Palestinian prisoners will walk free?

Not freed: Ahmed Sadat

Ahmed Sadat, the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, also will not be released.

Mr. Sadat was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008 for his leadership of the PFLP and was also accused, but not charged, of masterminding the assassination of Israeli cabinet minister Rehaven Ze’evi in 2001.

Sadat is staging a hunger strike in protest of being kept in solitary confinement since 2008. The strike began Sept. 27 and more than 150 prisoners are joining the strike in solidarity. The Jerusalem Post reports that Sadat was taken to the hospital and the PFLP threatened a “harsh” response if Sadat’s condition does not improve.

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