Report: Exiled Palestinian prisoners released under Gaza truce deal arrive in Qatar

A group of Palestinian prisoners have arrived in Qatar after they were released by Israel yesterday and delivered to Egypt via Gaza’s Rafah Border crossing as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, Arabic media reports.

The prisoners, who had been serving life sentences for terror attacks that killed dozens of people, were greeted in Qatar by delegations of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials, the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet reports.

In total, 70 of the 200 Palestinian security prisoners released yesterday were deported abroad, while the others were returned to the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

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