Prison officials say guards stormed a bus full of former Gazan detainees who were released from prison and en route to the enclave after some of them pulled the vehicle’s window curtains aside in a “celebratory display.”
Members of the Israel Prison Service’s Masada unit “stormed the bus, employed measures against those disturbing the order and immediately restored prison governance” without causing injuries, the officials say.
The bus later continued on to Gaza.
Israel released a total of 1,968 security prisoners and Gazan detainees today, as part of a US-backed hostage-release and ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza, IPS confirms.
Security forces in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have been keeping a close eye on freed security prisoners and their families to ensure their release is not celebrated publicly.
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