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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- The Israeli Prison Service released two Palestinian prisoners from Jerusalem on Wednesday after spending five months in administrative detention in the Negev jail.

Head of the Jerusalem Prisoners Families Committee Amjad Abu Asab said that Israeli authorities released the secretary-general of Fatah in Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, and Islam al-Natsheh after they spent five months in administrative detention.

Abu Asab added that Ghaith is a former prisoner who has been detained several times and has been banned from entering Jerusalem for a year.

Ghaith was elected secretary-general of Fatah in Jerusalem six months ago.

Ghaith's brother Sadeq was detained on the same day.

Islam al-Natsheh has also been detained several times, and was transferred to administrative detention for posting on Facebook that he wished to "die a martyr in the al-Aqsa mosque."

He was interrogated about alleged "terrorist intentions."

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