Released Palestinian prisoners arrive to Beitunia, west of Ramallah, with International Red Cross vehicles under the agreement on the four-day humanitarian pause in Ramallah, West Bank on November 24.
In videos obtained by CNN, the released prisoners can be seen paraded through the streets, carried on people’s shoulders as crowds wave the Palestinian flag, as well as that of Hamas.
What they were imprisoned for: There are few more sensitive issues for Palestinians in the occupied territories than the issue of prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Aseel El-Titi, a 23-year-old prisoner released on Friday, told CNN she had only found out that morning she was being released.
The number of martyrs in Gaza has become greater than the number of prisoners [in Israeli jails],” El-Titi said.
Persons:
Issam, Aseel El, ” El, Titi, Wael Ahmad, ” Ahmad
Organizations:
Red Cross, West Bank, Getty, CNN
Locations:
Beitunia, Ramallah, West, Anadolu, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza