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Thursday, January 30, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Buses, apparently loaded with inmates, leave West Bank prison
Two coach buses are seen leaving Ofer Prison in the West Bank, apparently loaded with some 110 Palestinian terror convicts being let go as part of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
The windows of the bus are tinted black, which Israel reportedly requested to avoid inmates celebrating and flashing victory signs to cameras, as in previous releases.
Israel had held up the release of the prisoners to protest bedlam amid heaving crowds during a transfer of two Israeli and five Thai hostages earlier in the day, demanding mediators guarantee it not happen again before going ahead with the prisoner transfer.
Israel does not confirm that it has begun releasing the prisoners.
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