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Saturday, February 1, 2025
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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Bus with released Palestinians security prisoners leaves Ofer prison
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A former Palestinian prisoner released by Israel is cheered upon his arrival in Ramallah on buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
A bus carrying Palestinian security prisoners leaves Ofer Prison in the West Bank, as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal.
The inmates depart from the Israeli prison after three Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas in Gaza in a fourth such exchange agreed upon under the ceasefire deal.
Footage shows them entering the nearby Palestinian city of Ramallah.
The bus is carrying some 32 prisoners for the West Bank. About 150 other prisoners were being sent to Gaza or deported.
According to Palestinian authorities, a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners are to be released, including dozens serving lengthy sentences or life sentences, and 111 people from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after Oct. 7, 2023 and held without trial.
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