Libyan authorities on Friday released four members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas who were arrested in 2016 on charges including trafficking arms to Gaza, according to Libyan media. The four men — Marwan al-Ashqar, his son Baraa, Mouayad Abed and Nasib Choubeir — were detained in Tripoli in October 2016. Their release on Friday was reported by several Libyan media, which said that the men were freed at the request of the Libyan prosecutor’s office following Turkish mediation. Their reported release comes against the backdrop of a nearly eight-week-old war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas government in Gaza says Israeli retaliatory strikes have killed more than 15,000 people, also mostly civilians.

Source: Libya Today December 05, 2023 01:41 UTC