Significant development on the way to the liberation deal of the Israeli who crossed into Syria, mediated by Russia. It is estimated that the deal will be concluded tonight (Thursday). No further details can be posted at this time.
As you may recall, in the context of the affair that was revealed yesterday and based on reports in the Arab media, the Israeli who was taken prisoner is apparently a 25-year-old ultra-Orthodox young woman, a former seminary resident and a resident of Kiryat Sefer Makor (Modi’in Illit). From what is known so far, she is unsettled, and according to some sources she was involved in a virtual romantic affair with a Syrian citizen.
According to reports in Syria, if the deal goes through, the citizens who see themselves as Syrians (but they are residents of Israel) who will be released in return are Nahal al-Makat and Jiav Kahmoz. According to the Syrian Center for Human Rights, al-Makat is not in prison but in custody at her home in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, under restrictive and strict conditions. Her sentence has not yet been carried out and is on hold.
The head of the National Security Staff, Meir Ben-Shabbat, and the coordinator of the prisoners and missing persons, Yaron Blum, returned from Moscow last night, after 48 hours of mediation attempts and discussions under fall between Israel, Russia and Syria. Together with the Israeli ambassador to Moscow, Alex Ben-Zvi, the three discussed with their Russian counterparts, a process that should lead to the end of the affair.