A hundred Palestinian prisoners released by Israel on Saturday in the West Bank arrived in several buses to a Ramallah centre set up to receive them, where hundreds of people and family members were waiting to carry them on their shoulders as they got out of the vehicles.

Mediator Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the first major crisis of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory. Under the terms of the deal,

Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah celebrated the arrival of buses carrying dozens of prisoners released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Israel said it released a total of 200 prisoners after Hamas freed four young, female Israeli soldiers.

Palestine strongly condemns Trump`s proposal to `clean out` Gaza, warning against mass displacement and reiterating their commitment to remaining in their homeland.

On day one of the Gaza ceasefire, 3 Israeli hostages, 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women, children, freed, igniting hopes for peace.

Thousands of Palestinians chanted praise of Hamas on Saturday as they welcomed prisoners freed under a ceasefire deal between the militant group and Israel that saw four Israeli hostages also return home.

Israel’s military says it won’t complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by Sunday as outlined in its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah militants.

Three buses carrying 114 Palestinian prisoners arrived in Ramallah, where crowds of Palestinians lined ... Meanwhile, 16 prisoners have been transferred to the Gaza Strip, while 70 others – including Palestinians serving life sentences and long-term ...

Palestinian health authorities said an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank killed at least 10 people late Wednesday, as Israeli forces have carried out a major crackdown in the occupied territory during the ceasefire in Gaza.

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The effort has infuriated professors. Large numbers of Palestinians headed to the north of the Gaza Strip for the first time in months after Israel withdrew part of its troops from the Netzarim ...