The truce in Israel’s war on Gaza — which has reportedly killed over 47,283 Palestinians — enters its seventh day, as Netanyahu signals Israel might not completely withdraw from Lebanon by January 26.
GAZA — A second batch of 200 Palestinian prisoners was released under a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel.
Televised footage showed the arrival of 114 prisoners to the West Bank city of Ramallah from the Ofer Military Prison aboard three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) buses.
The freed prisoners were welcomed by thousands of Palestinians who gathered in Ramallah to celebrate their release, according to an Anadolu reporter.
Sixteen prisoners, accompanied by Red Cross representatives, also arrived at the European Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, to the warm welcome of thousands.
Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News channel also reported that two buses carrying 70 freed Palestinian prisoners arrived in Egypt under the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
The Prisoners’ Media Office said early Satur day that the freed prisoners include 121 who had been serving life sentences and 79 with lengthy sentences.
It added that 70 of those serving life sentences will be sent outside the Palestinian territories.
C. TRT World
