A total of thirty-nine Palestinian detainees are due to be released from Israeli jails on Friday in exchange for a group of hostages held by Hamas.
The deal which was mediated by Qatar includes a four-day pause in the fighting.
The detainees are accused of a range of offences, from throwing stones to attempted murder and Red Cross buses are reported to have arrived at Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank ready to release the twenty-four women and fifteen teenage boys aged under 18.
They will be transferred to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and then allowed to return home, according to Israel’s prison service.
The detainees were chosen from a list of three hundred women and minors compiled by Israel.
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