A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released Saturday by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an AFP journalist.

The first bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees departed from Ofer Prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday (February 15). As it arrived in Ramallah, the men were immediately greeted by friends and family who lifted them on their shoulders and paraded them through the crowd.

Israeli Ofer prison where Palestinian prisoners expected to be released as part of ceasefire View over Israeli Ofer prison as seen from West Bank side where Palestinian prisoners are expected to be released as part of the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal.