IDF says it’s preventing celebrations, parades in West Bank for Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal

By Emanuel Fabian

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25 January 2025, 8:10 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

One of the Palestinian prisoners released in a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas reacts while being carried on people's shoulders after disembarking off one of the buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) upon arrival in Ramallah, January 25, 2025. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)

The IDF says it has been preventing celebrations and parades in the West Bank for Palestinian prisoners released today in the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

The IDF and Shin Bet made calls to the families of all those released today, and visited their homes, warning them against public celebrations.

A military source says troops cleared out a marquee in the village of al-Mughayyir that was to have been used to celebrate the release of one of the prisoners, and seized Hamas flags in Bayt Liqya.

After a parade was held in Kafr ‘Aqab in East Jerusalem, troops arrived to disperse the gathering, and operated at the home of the released prisoner, the source adds.