Two injured by Israeli forces in Beitunia
Beitunia is one of the towns in the occupied West Bank where buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners have arrived.
Sources told Al Jazeera Arabic that amid the celebrations, at least two Palestinians were injured by Israeli bullets.
Joy as freed Palestinians are greeted by family and loved ones
Hundreds of Palestinians cheered, chanted, honked car horns and set off fireworks as two Red Cross buses carrying the 90 freed Palestinian prisoners arrived in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia.
Jubilant Palestinians crowded the streets around the arriving buses with some climbing on top to unfurl the Hamas flag as well as the Palestinian national flag and those of Fatah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed resistance groups, the AFP news agency reports.
People gather around a bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners after their release from an Israeli jail as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
Inside the bus, some of the freed Palestinian female prisoners could be seen smiling and flashing the V for victory signs.
Freed Palestinians arrive in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in the early hours of Monday morning
Palestinians freed from Israel’s Ofer military prison wave to the crowd from an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) bus as they arrive in Beitunia, in the occupied West Bank on Monday morning
The 90 prisoners released early on Monday morning – all women and children – are the first of what is expected to be more than 1,000 Palestinians freed under the terms in the first phase of the ceasefire deal, and in exchange for 33 Israeli captives held in Gaza.
More than 230 of the Palestinian prisoners who will be freed under the agreement are expected to be exiled by Israel immediately upon their release, AFP reports.
At least 90 women and children were released on the first day of the ceasefire deal
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