Indonesia refuses to take released Hamas detainees, Pakistan must think twice

Indonesia has categorically denied that it is ready to take in dreaded Hamas terrorists in their country, however some Muslim countries including Pakistan are ready to welcome them on their soil as reported by the media.

In a statement spokesman of  Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rolliansyah Soemirat, refuted claims of an agreement to accept Hamas prisoners released by Israel. He emphasized that no communication has occurred between Indonesia and Hamas regarding the matter.

“Until now, there has been no official communication through diplomatic channels between Indonesia and related parties regarding this issue,” Roy said in a written statement on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

He clarified that Indonesia’s communication on this matter has been solely with the Palestinian National Authority. However, he did not provide specifics regarding the topics discussed.

“The Indonesian government has officially communicated with the Palestinian National Authority, which currently holds the authority of the Palestinian government,” he said.

Previously, Quds Press reported that Hamas was negotiating with several countries, including Indonesia, to accommodate Palestinian prisoners following a ceasefire agreement.

“The Hamas movement is currently in talks with several countries to secure approval for hosting the remaining freed prisoners and we may need time,” the Hamas leader said on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Meanwhile, the Arab News reported that several countries had reportedly agreed to the request, while others, including Indonesia and Algeria, were still in discussions.

“The countries that have agreed to receive them so far include Turkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Malaysia,” it said.

What is concerning that Pakistan hosting these people with criminal background will multiply its already existing terror problem due to hosting Afghans many of them with criminal and terror records.

Senior analysts and commentators are hoping that Pakistan will not repeat the mistakes it made while taking in Afghans during the conflict with Russia. Most of them fear that while hosting these released criminals will turn Pakistan turf to launch terror assaults into middle east.

Who are the Hamas terrorists expected to land in Pakistan

Zakaria Zubeidi
Zakaria Zubeidi is a prominent former militant leader and theater director whose dramatic jailbreak in 2021 thrilled Palestinians across the Middle East and stunned the Israeli security establishment.

Zubeidi once led the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade an armed group affiliated with Fatah, the secular political party that controls the Palestinian Authority that carried out deadly attacks against Israelis during the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, between 2000 and 2005.

Mohammed Abu Warda
A Hamas militant during the second intifada, Abu Warda helped organize a series of suicide bombings that killed over 40 people and wounded more than a hundred others. Israel arrested him in 2002, and sentenced him to 48 terms of lifetime imprisonment, among the longest sentences it ever issued.

As a young student, Abu Warda joined Hamas at the start of the intifada following Israel’s killing of Yahya Ayyash, the militant group’s leading bomb maker, in 1996.

Mohammed Aradeh, 42
An activist in Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Aradeh, was sentenced to life in prison for a range of offenses going back to the second intifada. Some of the charges, according to the Israeli Prison Service, included planting an explosive device and attempting murder.

He was credited with plotting the extraordinary prison escape in 2021, when he and five other detainees, including Zubeidi, used spoons to tunnel out one of Israel’s most secure prisons. They remained at large for days before being caught.

Mohammed Odeh, 52, Wael Qassim, 54, and Wissam Abbasi, 48
All three men hail from the neighborhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem, and rose within the ranks of Hamas. Held responsible for a string of deadly attacks during the second intifada, the men were sentenced to multiple life sentences in 2002.

They were accused of plotting a suicide bombing at a crowded pool hall near Tel Aviv in 2002 that killed 15 people. Later that year, they were found to have orchestrated a bombing at Hebrew University that killed nine people, including five American students. Israel had described Odeh, who was working as a painter at the university at the time, as the kingpin in the attack.