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A crowd gathers and cheers as a man, recently released from an Israeli jail, arrives in a town outside Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. 39 prisoners were freed by Israeli authorities on Friday, part of a truce deal that also saw some 24 hostages, seized during Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel last month, released. The exchange is part of a four-day ceasefire, offering some relief to residents of the war-torn Gaza Strip. IMAGES COMPLETES VIDI344P64T_EN
Adel Meshoukhi, a former Hamas security guard, seeks to make Gazans forget about their daily woes by posting funny videos on social media.
14-year-old Palestinian Ahmed Salaima is greeted by his family upon his arrival home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, after being released from an Israeli prison as part of a Hamas-Israel hostage deal in Gaza. IMAGES
A bus transporting Palestinian prisoners freshly released from Israeli prisons in a Hamas-Israel hostage deal, arrive in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia. 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
A Palestinian is wounded by Israeli fire during clashes outside the Ofer prison, ahead of an expected release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages. Hamas militants were to release a second batch of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel on Saturday, officials said, as a truce is largely being maintained in the devastated Gaza Strip after seven weeks of war that killed thousands. IMAGES