The head of the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Committee, Qadura Fares, claimed that as part of the emerging hostage deal, more than 3,000 Palestinian prisoners will be released in the first phase. Fares told the Palestinian Maan news agency that, among other things, 48 prisoners who were previously released in the Shalit deal, 200 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, as well as "all children, women and the sick in Israeli prisons" will be released.