'Indescribable feeling': 70 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrive in Egypt
70 Palestinian prisoners arrived in Egypt on Saturday after being released by Israel as part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a media outlet close to Egyptian intelligence.
The prisoners were "expelled" by Israel and will be transferred to Egyptian hospitals for treatment, Al-Qahera News reported.
Television footage showed the prisoners, dressed in grey tracksuits, disembarking from two buses on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing.
Freed in exchange for hostages
After passing through Egypt, the prisoners will choose between Algeria, Turkey and Tunisia, said Amin Choumane, head of the Palestinian Higher Committee for the Follow-up of Prisoners' Affairs.
"It's an indescribable feeling," one of the freed Palestinians told Al-Qahera News, smiling and waving from the bus window.
The prisoners, released from Ktziot prison in Israel's Negev desert, were part of a group of 200 freed on Saturday in exchange for four Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza.
Former Palestinian prisoners released by Israel on a Red Cross bus travelling through Beitunia in the occupied West Bank, 25 January 2025 © PHOTO ZAIN JAAFAR / AFP
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