Palestinians Gather in West Bank to Welcome Prisoners Released by Israel — the case of Alaa Zubeidi — during the September 29 attack in Tubas

Ms. Faisal was among a throng of Palestinian families gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, eagerly waiting to welcome more than 100 Palestinian prisoners being released from Israel in exchange for hostages held in Gaza. The cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel has swapped prisoners three times. During the first 42 days of the agreement, Hamas has pledged to free at least 33 hostages in exchange for over 1,500 Palestinians jailed by Israel.

Alaa Zubeidi waited with her sisters and friends, all dressed in the black clothes of mourning in memory of her eldest son, Mohammad, who was killed by an Israeli drone strike in the West Bank city of Tubas in September.

The Zubeidi family was removed from their home in Jenin by Israeli forces after Mohammad’s death, and Ms. Zubeidi and two of her other children, Samira and Ayham, were arrested and detained for several hours. Since then, she said, operations by Palestinian security forces had left them unable to return to their home.

The crowd chanted his name when he was hoisted onto their shoulders on Thursday after being released from prison.

Standing outside a government recreation center, people restlessly checked their phones for news or fielded calls from loved ones who were anxious for updates.

Source: Palestinians Gather in West Bank to Welcome Prisoners Released by Israel

The death of a kidnapping teen victim and his fight with a militant in a Gazan kibbutz

The volunteers in fluorescent vests rushed by as Ms. Faisal said she was anxious and praying for the moment she sees him. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a terrorist group and the brother had been jailed for fighting in it.

A family of four were killed in an attack on a kibbutz in southern Israel. Since then, the family became the face of a trauma that led to a fierceIsraeli war in Gaza aimed at eliminating Hamas, which has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians according to Gaza health officials.

More than 1,750 people in Israel have been killed since the war began, according to Israeli officials. More than 891 members of the Israeli military forces are known to have died.

For more than a year, the families of hostages and their supporters have held orange balloons and shirts in honor of the missing children. They have held large events to mark the first two birthdays of Kfir, who has never celebrated one out of captivity.

Israeli officials pressed Hamas negotiators in recent days to give more clarity on Ms. Bibas and her children. As a female civilian with children, they were expected to be released in the initial stages of the cease-fire deal, before soldiers or men, if they were alive.

During the hours leading up to his capture, he Texted his sister Ofri to tell her about incoming rocket fire, according to an interview she gave to Kan. He sent a text to her that militant had entered the camp. He told her that he had a gun, but the militants had automatic rifles.

The girl told Kan that her brother loved them, and he sent her and their parents a message. At 9:45 in the morning, he wrote: “They’re in.”