The release of prisoners sparked scenes of joy in the West Bank - images Israel wanted to avoid

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The streets of Beitunia were flooded with radical arsenic fireworks exploded successful the nighttime sky.

After hours of delays, the buses carrying immoderate of the 90 Palestinians dilatory made their mode done the crowds.

As released prisoners disembarked successful the aboriginal hours of the morning, they were mobbed by diligent household members and loved ones - swept on successful the axenic joyousness of the moment.

Israel didn't privation these displays of jubilation - it doesn't similar the merchandise of prisoners to beryllium utilized arsenic a motion of triumph for Hamas.

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Over the adjacent six weeks, astir 2,000 prisoners volition beryllium released. About 100 of them are serving beingness sentences for convulsive attacks connected Israelis.

But astir of those freed connected time 1 had been held without complaint oregon were convicted of lesser crimes.

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Emotional scenes arsenic prisoners reunite with their families

Palestinian teacher and activistic Hadeel Shatara had been held without complaint for 7 months by Israel successful administrative detention.

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"There's nary lawsuit against me. There's a concealed record against maine truthful I truly don't cognize what I did," she told Sky News.

"So they enactment you for a renewable six months, telling you that there's a concealed record against you, we cannot archer you what you did but you're going to enactment down bars," she said she was told.

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Hadeel Shatara was held without charge

Image: Hadeel Shatara was held without charge

Buses carrying the prisoners were welcomed by crowds successful  the West Bank

Image: Buses carrying the prisoners were welcomed by crowds successful the West Bank

For Palestinians, the captive embodies absorption against Israel's subject occupation. They impeach the Jewish authorities of utilizing imprisonment arsenic a mode of controlling and pacifying the colonisation arsenic settlements grow connected the land.

But the images of prisoners being released volition origin choler successful Israel, particularly amongst those who presumption the ceasefire woody arsenic a surrender to Hamas - the perpetrators of the 7 October panic attack.

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These scenes volition beryllium repeated successful the weeks up providing of people that the fragile ceasefire woody survives.

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