39 Palestinians released under hostage deal return home

Israeli authorities announced on Sunday that they had released 39 Palestinian detainees, after Hamas freed 13 hostages under an agreement that came into force on Friday. They are all women and people under the age of 19, while the hostages released by Hamas also included women and children.

The agreement is supposed to last four days and allow the release of 50 Israelis and 150 Palestinians. The exchange took place on Saturday. Celebrations in East Jerusalem welcomed the released Palestinian prisoners.