GAZA CITY — The Israeli occupation has released around 2,000 Palestinian detainees as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, with emotional scenes unfolding upon their return.
Freed Palestinian detainee Khairy Salama’s reunion with his family after spending 23 years in Israeli prisons, released as part of the prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation. pic.twitter.com/xMW65YUdc1
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 13, 2025
On Monday morning, Hamas concluded the release of 20 living Israeli captives.
In exchange, 1,968 Palestinian detainees have been released.
- Among them are 1,700 Palestinians from Gaza.
- Another 250 prisoners are serving life or long sentences.
- Of those, 154 will be exiled abroad.
Emotional scenes were captured in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.
Enormous crowds have cheered the released Palestinians getting off the buses that transported them from Ofer Prison to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Mixed emotions…
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After years of separation and imprisonment, freed Palestinian detainees reunite with their loved ones in Ramallah, surrounded by tears of joy.
They were released as part of the exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation. pic.twitter.com/oIuGvWg7Fb
Family members and friends were seen hugging them upon their arrival.
In a deeply emotional moment, two Palestinians climb the bus to embrace their released brother under the exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation. pic.twitter.com/85HI1UoEpA
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 13, 2025
Freed Palestinian detainees arrive in Gaza Strip, released as part of the prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation. pic.twitter.com/XJbNqbqqsD
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 13, 2025
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