Israeli troops rearrests prisoner in Shalit deal

Israeli troops on Friday rearrested a Palestinian who was freed under terms of a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Hamas movement, Palestinian security sources said.

Arref Fakhuri, an officer in the Palestinian intelligence services, was arrested early on Friday at his home in Jaba village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, they said.

Under the swap deal, Israel freed 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit, who had been held in Hamas captivity in Gaza for more than five years.

Shalit was captured during a cross-border raid by several Palestinian militant groups on June 25, 2006, was freed on October 18, 2011.

The prisoner exchange deal was negotiated after years of failed attempts by Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas to reach a common formula.


The Israeli army could not immediately confirm the arrest.