Jubilant, Uneasy Ramallah Greets Freed Prisoners Amid Confusion

Cheers and tears collided in Ramallah as crowds surged to greet Palestinian prisoners bused to the city, some gaunt with scabbed wounds, lifted onto relatives’ shoulders. Israel released 88 to the occupied West Bank and returned nearly 2,000 others to Gaza hours after all living Israeli hostages came back, an exchange that marked the first step in a ceasefire that could permanently end the two-year conflict. Many freed men had life sentences. Authorities barred celebrations, firing teargas near Ofer prison, while mixed lists and last-minute deportations to Gaza left families distraught and searching for missing names.

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