Israel releases Palestinian prisoner Karim Younis after 40 years in jail

 

Israel released one of its longest-serving Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, after 40 years in jail.Karim Younis, 66, was freed and left in the city of Ra’anana, about 20km north of Tel Aviv, by Israeli authorities, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

His family had not been notified of his release, it said.Younis was convicted by Israel in 1983 of the murder of Israeli soldier Cpl Avraham Bromberg three years earlier in the occupied Golan Heights and sentenced to life in prison.

That was later reduced to 40 years.“We are ready to offer another 40 years for the freedom of our people,” he said after being released.