Mohammad al-Halabi was released on Saturday, one of 183 Palestinian prisoners or detainees granted their freedom in exchange for Hamas releasing three Israeli hostages.
Mohammad al-Halabi, the former head of a World Vision Australian aid program in Gaza, was released from an Israel i prison on Saturday.
"They wanted to tighten the siege imposed over Gaza — this is what they said to me on the first day in detention. The former chief executive of World Vision, Tim Costello, said he was enormously relieved to see Mr al-Halabi had been released."I know Mohammad, he had travelled out here to Australia. He'd won the Humanitarian International Development Award.
"So I would have preferred that he have a not guilty verdict, but I am, despite these circumstances, very relieved that he is out, as I am with the Jewish hostages who have got out too."He alleged Israeli authorities tortured him to extract a confession early in his imprisonment, something the Israel government has denied.Conny Lenneberg, a former regional director of World Vision in the Middle East, said she feared his health had been badly affected by his time in jail.
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