Operation Nouris, which took place in Cyprus on March 14, 1979, was conducted between the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command and Israel, mediated by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Under this operation, 76 Palestinian detainees from various factions of the Palestinian revolution, including twelve Palestinian girls, were released from Israeli prisons. This was in exchange for the release of an Israeli soldier named "Avraham Amram," who had been captured by the Front on April 5, 1978, during the Letani operation. During this operation, an Israeli truck was attacked in an ambush near Tyre, resulting in the killing of four Israeli soldiers and the capture of one reservist.
Among those released was Aisha Odeh, who is:
A fedayeen and prisoner who turned her imprisonment and that of her companions into a field of struggle and a revolutionary school.
She joined the Arab nationalists and then the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. She was arrested by the occupation in 1969 after carrying out a fedayeen operation in Jerusalem.
She was released after 10 years.
After her arrest, the occupation demolished her family's home, and she was subjected to torture in prison. She was sentenced to two life sentences and ten years, and she was liberated in 1979 in the Nouris operation, the first prisoner exchange operation with the occupation, led by the Popular Front - General Command.
Her story was documented in "Dreams of Freedom" and "Price for the Sun."
Also among those released were:
Rasmiya Odeh.
Maryam Al-Shakhshir.
Aafifa Benoura.
A list of the names of those released in the deal can be found on the Wafa Agency website.
There is a video about the exchange operation on the Palestinian Archives channel on YouTube.
The photos and videos are from the Palestinian Archives page on Twitter.
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