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Israel liberated the second batch of Palestinian prisoners, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the Al Jazeera television channel.
The liberated Palestinians have reportedly already returned to the West Bank, to the city of Beituniya.
The story shows how the cars they meet hundreds of people on the streets. Relatives of the freed were reportedly among those meetings.
Earlier, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced the completion of the transfer of 13 Israeli hostages and seven foreigners to the Red Cross. Earlier, a group of hostages, which also consisted of 13 people, including women and children, had already been handed over to the Israeli side.
At 7 a.m. local time (8 a.m. Moscow time) on Friday, a cease-fire was concluded between the Israeli Defense Forces forces and Hamas. Under the terms of the ceasefire, 200 trucks of aid and four of fuel and household gas will enter Gaza each day. Hamas also announced that Israel had pledged to suspend flights for 6 hours, but said combat troops would remain on full alert.
Palestinian movement Hamas is currently holding about 215 Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip. IDF spokesman Doron Spielman said. He noted that there is no information as to which of them is alive.