Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Israel begins release of Palestinian security prisoners
A bus transporting Palestinian security prisoners slated for release as part of Gaza ceasefire deal departs from Ofer Prison in the West Bank on February 8, 2025. (Al Jazeera screenshot)
Israeli forces are transporting a group of Palestinian prisoners from Ofer Prison in the West Bank to be freed in Ramallah, following the release of three hostages from Hamas captivity earlier today.
Another group of prisoners departs from Keziot Prison in the Negev, and will be released into the Gaza Strip.
This fifth batch of prisoners includes 111 captured by Israeli forces in Gaza over the course of the war, while the remaining 72 were arrested in years prior.
Of this latter group, 42 reside in the West Bank, three in East Jerusalem and 27 in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs.
