Israel is releasing 250 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, many of whom have been serving life sentences in Israeli jails.
Around 100 of them arrived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank to rapturous applause. Many of them looked gaunt and some had visible injuries.
About 1,700 detainees from Gaza are also being released by Israel, including 15 minors.
The remaining 20 living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been freed after more than two years.
The BBC’s Barbara Plett Usher was in Ramallah as the prisoners arrived.
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had approved an 18-month program to…
RIYADH: When Sven Otto Littorin arrived in Saudi Arabia in 2017, he witnessed a country…
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday hailed the USS Abraham Lincoln’s crew while visiting…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory…
Amman: Pro-Palestinian groups called on Wednesday for a boycott of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s concert…
SEOUL: South Korea’s presidential office on Wednesday dismissed a Ukrainian report that Russia has imported…