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The families of 90 Palestinian prisoners are waiting anxiously successful the occupied West Bank for them to beryllium released from Israeli jails arsenic portion of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage merchandise deal.
Hundreds person packed into the municipality quadrate successful Beitunia, astir 1 mile (1.6km) up the roadworthy from Israel's Ofer prison, waving Palestinian flags and chanting.
Amid an ambiance of excitement and tense anticipation Diash Dara was waiting for her sister Hadil.
The 32-year-old assemblage administrative idiosyncratic has been detained without complaint for 7 months.
"I'm happy, I think, confused a small spot due to the fact that of what happened successful Gaza," Diash told the BBC.
"The astir important happening is that they stopped the warfare successful Gaza. Even if she wasn't released today, we [would] beryllium good with it. But astatine slightest the warfare has been ended."
The bulk of the 90 Palestinian prisoners expected to beryllium released connected Sunday are women, arsenic good arsenic a fig of children.
Over the adjacent six weeks, determination volition beryllium much anxious days.
Around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees from Gaza are owed to beryllium released successful the archetypal signifier of the woody successful speech for 33 Israeli hostages, including the 3 women freed by Hamas successful Gaza connected Sunday afternoon.
One of the astir high-profile prisoners is Zakaria Zubaidi, the erstwhile person of the equipped radical al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades successful the bluish West Bank metropolis of Jenin.
The 49-year-old has served clip successful some Israeli and Palestinian jails for aggregate offences, including murder.
He said helium carried retired a shooting onslaught successful 2002 successful which six Israelis were killed.
Zubaidi was besides successful the quality successful 2021, erstwhile helium tunnelled retired of an Israeli situation earlier being recaptured aft 5 days.
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