Amman - Saba:
The National Committee for Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons in Zionist Prisons thanked the Palestinian resistance with all its factions in Gaza, headed by Hamas, for including Jordanian prisoners on the exchange lists within the "Flood of the Free" deal.
In a statement late on Saturday, the committee said it followed up on the release of the Palestinian resistance in the second phase of the exchange deal, as part of an agreement between Hamas and the Zionist entity.. This batch of prisoners included the two Jordanian prisoners Ammar Huwaitat, sentenced to (life imprisonment and 20 years) and Thaer Al-Lawzi, sentenced to (19 years).
According to information it received from the family of prisoner Ammar Huwaitat, the Committee was surprised by the International Committee of the Red Cross words that the prisoner would be deported abroad, which prisoner Huwaitat refused as he requested to be released to his homeland Jordan, which did not happen, and the International Committee of the Red Cross informed him that Jordan refused to receive him (according to his family), so he refused the deportation and remained in captivity, and another prisoner was released in his place.
It noted that prisoner Thaer Al-Lawzi was deported to Gaza City, although he is a Jordanian citizen whose family was waiting for his release and arrival in Jordan.
The National Committee expressed its rejection of the policy of deporting any Jordanian citizen, as returning to the homeland is a right guaranteed by all Jordanian and international laws.
It called on the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strive and make all possible efforts to allow Jordanian prisoners to return to their homeland, Jordan, and meet their families after years of oppression and deprivation in the occupation prisons, and to intervene urgently to arrange the return and reception of Thaer Al-Lawzi to Jordan, as well as to work to remove all obstacles that prevent the return of prisoner Ammar Huwaitat, in order to include his name in the lists of the next stage of the deal in preparation for his release.
It also called on the Jordanian government to announce its readiness to receive all Jordanian prisoners, expected to be released in the next stages of the exchange deal.
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