In exchange, Hamas handed over the last 20 living Israeli hostages; The expectation is that 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 Gaza residents detained since the start of the conflict will be released in the next few hours
The first Palestinian prisoners released this Monday (13) by as part of the ceasefire agreement with the em They arrived at around 12:50 pm (local time, 6:50 am Brasília time) at Ramallah square, where dozens of family and friends were waiting for them. In the square, in front of the Palace of Culture in the capital of the occupied West Bank, scenes of joy were recorded as the former prisoners got off the two Red Cross buses that transported them from the Israeli prison of Ofer, located a few kilometers away.
The freed Palestinians wore Palestinian scarves and some made the victory sign with their hands before hugging their loved ones. Red Crescent members helped them get out of the vehicles. The departure of the buses from the prison coincided with the news that the last Hamas hostages held in Gaza were already in Israeli territory.
Their arrival at Ramallah square came shortly before US President Donald Trump began, two hours late, his speech at the Israeli Parliament, where he is visiting before traveling to Egypt for the Gaza Peace Summit. This Monday, Hamas handed over to the Red Cross, in two groups, and now the stage begins in which the remains of the 48 dead hostages must be handed over, although it is expected that several of them will not yet be handed over.
EmIsrael will release 1,968 Palestinian prisoners today, of which 154 will be deported, announced the main associations representing the prisoners, both on the part of Hamas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). who will be released in the West Bank and Jerusalem”, announced the Prisoners Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Club, associations linked to the ANP, which governs in strongholds of the occupied West Bank.
Asra (“Prisoners” in Arabic), an association linked to Hamas, also reported that 1,718 prisoners from Gaza will be released in the Strip. In the case of the more than 1,700 who will be released in Gaza, the group includes people detained in the enclave over the past two years, many of them without charge under the “administrative detention” system during Israeli forces’ operations in the Strip.
*With information from EFE
