Suspected Hamas members Fayez Isma’il Wardeh, Amjad ‘Abd al-Rahman Awdeh, ‘Amer ‘Awadallah, Salah Hamdan and Muhammad Taher Shu’ani were released in September 1998. Ibrahim al-Maqadmeh, Dr ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Rantissi, Ghassan al-Adassi and Maher Ahmad Danun are still detained in Gaza. ‘Imad ‘Awadallah escaped from a PA prison on 15 August 1998. The Israeli army reported that it killed Imad Awadallah and his brother Adel Awadallah on 10 September.
