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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Liberation of prisoners possible because of Resistance: PIJ's Nakhala</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">October 13, 2025</div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Ziad
al-Nakhala hails the Palestinian resistance\u2019s role in securing a major
prisoner exchange, as Al-Qassam and Al-Nasser Brigades confirm Netanyahu
submitted to conditions after failing militarily.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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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 (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>The Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine,
Ziad al-Nakhala, affirmed that the recent prisoner exchange deal, which
saw the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/2k-palestinian-detainees-freed--defy-occupation-with-mass-we" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release of almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees</a>,
\u201cwould 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.\u201d</p>
<p>Al-Nakhala acknowledged that while \u201cwe had hoped for better results,\u201d
the Palestinian people understand the complex balance of power and the
challenging circumstances that have specifically impacted the population
in Gaza.</p>
<p>He stressed that \u201cthe banners of resistance remain high and unbroken,
the resistance remains on the ground, and our people remain proud and
dignified, clinging to their resistance,\u201d reaffirming that the
liberation of the remaining prisoners remains a top priority for the
resistance.</p>
<h2>Al-Qassam: Occupation failed to win by force</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Sunday morning that
the occupation had \u201cfailed to recover its captives through military
pressure, despite its intelligence superiority and excess power.\u201d The
Brigades stated that the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/orders-issued-to-release-security-prisoners-as-part-of-excha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">occupation is now submitting to an exchange deal</a>, \u201cas promised by the resistance from the beginning.\u201d</p>
<p>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 \u201cthwarted all efforts for
its own narrow interests and to satisfy the instincts of brutality and
revenge of its Nazi government.\u201d</p>
<h2>Al-Nasser Brigades: Netanyahu conceded after military failure</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The spokesperson confirmed that Netanyahu ultimately submitted to the
resistance\u2019s conditions. These conditions stipulated that any recovery
of captives would only come through a <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-suppressing-celebrations-of-freed-palestinian-detainees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prisoner exchange deal</a> that includes an end to the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.</p>
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