Israel Suspends Release of 24 Palestinian Child Detainees Pending Confirmation of Identities of Four Dead Israelis

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has suspended the release of 24 Palestinian child detainees until the identities of the four Israeli captives are confirmed after being handed over by Hamas from Gaza on Wednesday night.
The four bodies have been taken to Tel Aviv’s National Center of Forensic Medicine for further examinations after Hamas handed over their remains to the Red Cross.
Israeli freed hundreds of Palestinian detainees on Thursday after a delay lasted for days, as part of the seventh prisoner exchange deal, under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, after Hamas handed over the four bodies.
Nearly 500 Palestinians held in Israeli jails, including children and women, arrived this morning at the European hospital in Gaza as Israel releases the remaining 642 Palestinian detainees scheduled to be freed in the first phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
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Emotional scenes were also captured in the occupied West Bank as dozens of Palestinian detainees who had been serving life and long sentences reunite with their families. Israel deports 97 others to Egypt.
السجدة الأولى بعد الحرية.. وصول الأسرى المحررين ضمن صفقة طوفان الأحرار إلى مستشفى غزة الأوروبي بخانيونس pic.twitter.com/lhxRRiu7Qh
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