Release of 3 prisoners delayed by Israeli authorities

Israeli prison authorities are delaying the release of three prisoners from Gaza who have completed their sentences. The director of a prisoner's assembly, Muhammad Badr, on Friday named Abdullah Tawfiq al-Kurd, Wael Mousa Sharbaji and Wade Khamis Tamman as the prisoners who have had their release postponed. Both al-Kurd and Sharbaji have finished their sentences of 9 and 7 years, respectively, and should have been released a month ago, Badr said. Tamman, 30, has spent 10 years in jail and suffers from epilepsy. Badr called on human rights organizations to help work for the release of all sick prisoners and put an end to violations by Israel. It is not known why the release of the prisoners has been delayed.