{"id":51605,"date":"2025-01-25T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/200-palestinian-prisoners-released-to-jubilant-scenes-in-west-bank\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:27:00","slug":"200-palestinian-prisoners-released-to-jubilant-scenes-in-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=51605","title":{"rendered":"200 Palestinian prisoners released to jubilant scenes in West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;After the conclusion of the necessary activities in the prisons and the approval of political authorities, all the terrorists were released from the Ofer and Ktziot prisons,&#8221; the Israel Prison Service said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some of the released prisoners were hoisted aloft by crowds to loud cheers and fireworks after they stepped off buses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was then a scramble as they tried to find their loved ones and family members, before being carried into a sports complex where the celebrations continued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The youngest Palestinian prisoner released on Saturday was 16 years old, while the oldest was 69. One prisoner has spent 39 years in an Israeli jail, having first been arrested in 1986.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A total of 121 of the prisoners released had been serving a life sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some of the prisoners had been held for short periods of time, and some were never charged with a crime but were held under something called administrative detention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The swap on Saturday was the second exchange since a ceasefire came into effect on 19 January. 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