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Late Night Tears And Hugs For Released Palestinian Prisoners

Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli detention reunited with their families in the West Bank town of Beitunia (Credit: AFP)

Two buses carrying Palestinian prisoners released in the Gaza ceasefire deal had to inch through a thick crowd when they at last arrived in the West Bank at 2 am Monday.

After the doors opened, women hugged their relatives and cried tears of joy while throngs of people chanted, waved flags and climbed atop the vehicles. Others lit fireworks in the normally quiet suburb of Beitunia.

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