[News] Liberation of prisoners possible because of Resistance: PIJ's Nakhala

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Liberation of prisoners possible because of Resistance: PIJ's Nakhala
Al Mayadeen English
October 13, 2025
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Ziad al-Nakhala hails the Palestinian resistance’s role in securing a major
prisoner exchange, as Al-Qassam and Al-Nasser Brigades confirm Netanyahu
submitted to conditions after failing militarily.

   - [image: Freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted as they arrive in the
   Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails, in Khan Younis, southern
   Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP)]
   <https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/media/image/2025/10/13/1de6f4d1-e71a-4a2c-9f8b-65748845a0a3.jpg?width=1000>
   Freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted as they arrive in the Gaza Strip
   after their release from Israeli jails, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza
   Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 (*AP*)

The Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, Ziad
al-Nakhala, affirmed that the recent prisoner exchange deal, which saw
the release
of almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/2k-palestinian-detainees-freed--defy-occupation-with-mass-we>,
“would not have been possible without the men of the resistance and the
bravery of the fighters in the field, and without the unity of the
Palestinian people behind their resistance.”

Al-Nakhala acknowledged that while “we had hoped for better results,” the
Palestinian people understand the complex balance of power and the
challenging circumstances that have specifically impacted the population in
Gaza.

He stressed that “the banners of resistance remain high and unbroken, the
resistance remains on the ground, and our people remain proud and
dignified, clinging to their resistance,” reaffirming that the liberation
of the remaining prisoners remains a top priority for the resistance.
Al-Qassam: Occupation failed to win by force

Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Sunday morning that the
occupation had “failed to recover its captives through military pressure,
despite its intelligence superiority and excess power.” The Brigades stated
that the occupation is now submitting to an exchange deal
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/orders-issued-to-release-security-prisoners-as-part-of-excha>,
“as promised by the resistance from the beginning.”

Al-Qassam emphasized that the Palestinian resistance has consistently
sought to halt the genocide since the early stages of the war. However,
according to the statement, the occupation “thwarted all efforts for its
own narrow interests and to satisfy the instincts of brutality and revenge
of its Nazi government.”
Al-Nasser Brigades: Netanyahu conceded after military failure

Similarly, a spokesperson for the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades stated
that the head of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, had failed
after two years of war, ethnic cleansing, and military campaigns to
retrieve captured soldiers or achieve their release through force.

The spokesperson confirmed that Netanyahu ultimately submitted to the
resistance’s conditions. These conditions stipulated that any recovery of
captives would only come through a prisoner exchange deal
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-suppressing-celebrations-of-freed-palestinian-detainees>
that includes an end to the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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