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A Red Cross bus transporting released Palestinian prisoners arrives in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Thirty Palestinian prisoners were freed overnight, the Israeli prison authorities said, in the latest exchange under an extended truce deal due to expire within hours. IMAGES
French-Israeli hostage Mia Shem, 21, who was held by Hamas since October 7, arrives by helicopter at the Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan. Shem was released along with another hostage, 40-year-old Amit Soussana, according to Israeli authorities. IMAGES
A bus arrives at the entrance of the Israeli Ofer prison to collect Palestinian prisoners ahead of their expected release. Israel is expected to free some Palestinian prisoners on the sixth day of truce. Sixty Israeli hostages and 180 Palestinian prisoners have been released under the truce agreement. IMAGES
A bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arrives in Beitunia in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel's prison authority said that 33 Palestinian prisoners had been released "during the night" under the terms of a truce deal that returned hostages from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Prominent Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis arrives at her home in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem after her release as part of a Israel-Hamas hostage-prisoner exchange deal. Israa Jaabis, 38, was convicted of detonating a gas cylinder in her car at a checkpoint in 2015, wounding a police officer, and sentenced to 11 years in prison. IMAGES
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrives at the International 'Summit for Peace' in Cairo hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as regional tensions have been brought to the boil amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. IMAGES