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Palestinian Woman from 2023 Hostage Deal Speaks Remotely at UC Berkeley
A Palestinian woman convicted of a 2015 bombing attempt, who was released in a 2023 hostage exchange, addressed students remotely at the University of California, Berkeley. The event occurred on Monday in a university classroom. She was freed in November 2023 as part of a deal involving 26 hostages taken during the October 7, 2023, attack.
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A Palestinian woman previously convicted in a 2015 bombing attempt spoke remotely to students at the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday. The address took place in one of the university's classrooms. @Jerusalem_Post reported the event. Israa al-Jaabis, aged 32 at the time of her 2016 sentencing, detonated a small bomb on October 11, 2015, on a highway from Maale Adumim to Jerusalem.
al-Jaabis was released in November 2023 as part of an exchange for 26 hostages captured during the October 7, 2023, attack, according to the BBC. The hostages were taken by individuals from Gaza in the incident referred to in some reports as the October 7 Massacre.
The 2015 event involved a bomb detonation on the highway leading from Maale Adumim, described in the source as a Jewish settlement, to Jerusalem. Israa al-Jaabis appeared for her sentencing hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on November 7, 2016.
