Scenes of joy in Ramallah as several freed Palestinian detainees arrive

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A small group of former Palestinian detainees have disembarked a minibus that arrived in Ramallah, after their release from an Israeli jail as part of the sixth captives swap, Al Jazeera reports.

At least 24 of the 36 Palestinians released from Israeli jails will be sent to Egypt.

Eight others will return to the occupied West Bank and four in occupied East Jerusalem.

Gaza will see the return of 333 former detainees.

A freed Palestinian detainee is greeted after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-detainees swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 15. — Reuters
A freed Palestinian detainee is greeted after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-detainees swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 15. — Reuters

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