making the total financial reward stand at a $1 million. On 8 February 2012, it was reported that Iman Sharona, one of the militants freed in the exchange, had been re-arrested by Israeli authorities after allegedly continuing to perform terrorist activities. Released prisoners engaged in new attacks In October 2012, data was released indicating dozens of the released Palestinian prisoners in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange had resumed paramilitary activity. Many of them joined the leadership of Hamas, other Palestinian prisoners instead developed weapons and fired rockets at Israeli population centers, and some recruited members to new guerrilla cells in the West Bank. One of these cells in Hebron allegedly planted a bomb and plotted to kidnap an Israeli soldier. Released prisoners in the West Bank have also engaged in violent activity, and Israeli authorities arrested 40 of them for rioting, hurling Molotov cocktails, handling funding for terrorism, and other acts. In 2014, the IDF launched Operation Brother's Keeper in response to the disappearance of three Israelis in the West Bank. Part of the operation included rearresting some of the Palestinians released under the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. In July 2015, Israeli news sources calculated that six Israelis had been killed in incidents involving prisoners released under the Shalit deal who had returned to militant activity. Malachi Rosenfeld was murdered in the 2015 Shvut Rachel shooting directed by released prisoner Ahmed Najar. Released prisoner Asama Asad was complicit in the murder of Danny Gonen. See also Israeli–Palestinian conflict Pidyon Shvuyim Jibril Agreement Elhanan Tannenbaum 2008 Israel–Hezbollah prisoner exchange List of Arab–Israeli prisoner exchanges List of prisoners released by Israel in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange David Meidan References External links Prominent Palestinian prisoners to be freed in swap with Israel – published on the Washington Post on 16 October 2011 Israel court to rule on Shalit swap deal – published on BBC News on 17 October 2011 2011 in Israel Israeli–Palestinian conflict Extradition 2011 in international relations 2011 in the Palestinian territories Gilad Shalit Israeli prisoner exchanges