The chances for durable peace may depend on Trump’s whims.
One of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners that will be released on the first day of the truce include Khalida Jarrar, a senior member of the Popular Front for
The first three hostages were released from Gaza, and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody, as a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of war,
On day one of the Gaza ceasefire, 3 Israeli hostages, 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women, children, freed, igniting hopes for peace.
The first phase of the agreement is supposed to last 42 days and see the release of more captives and prisoners.
The three female hostages were released as part of the phased ceasefire agreement Israel and Hamas reached last week.
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Gaza truce holds but Trump airs doubt
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire entered a third day on Tuesday, while United States President Donald Trump said he doubted the fragile deal on the truce would hold. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has begun to flow into the war-battered Gaza Strip after Israel and Hamas conducted the first exchange of hostages for prisoners agreed under the terms of the ceasefire.
What struck those who knew Khalida Jarrar when she exited the bus with 77 other Palestinians released from Israeli jails was the whiteness of her hair and her broken voice.
Israel’s defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a “man-made disaster.”
Honestly, my feelings are indescribable,” Boshara Amro, 21, told NBC News after her sister Jeneen was released.
Freed Palestinian female prisoners share harrowing accounts of their abuse and suffering in Israeli prisons with the Palestine Chronicle.