Released Gaza prisoners joyous despite torture and loss

After a year and two months of detention, Ahmed Dababesh was released from Israeli prison.

He searched for his wife and daughter, whose faces he had forgotten after the horrors he saw while incarcerated.

On Saturday afternoon, Israel released 111 Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip as part of the first phase of an exchange deal with Hamas.

The released prisoners were arrested after 7 October 2023, and their release came along with 110 other prisoners, including those serving life sentences. Their release came after Hamas freed three Israeli prisoners and provided the name of a sick Israeli prisoner.

According to Israeli data, the number of Palestinians from Gaza detained after 7 October exceeds 3,000, held in several prisons, including secret facilities established after the war.

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