By Idorenyin UMOREN
With inputs from agency reports
|FOREIGN| Four female Israeli soldiers reunited with families after being set free the Hamas in a ceremony in Gaza city, Saturday, January 25, 2025.
In turn, Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners of which 121 were serving life jail while 79 others had heavy sentences.
Saturday’s hostage-prisoner swap was the second to take place under the truce, after an initial release on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire’s first day on 19 January.
The truce calls for Hamas to release 33 women, children, elderly, sick and wounded hostages over a six-week first phase, with Israel freeing 30 Palestinian prisoners for each civilian and 50 for each soldier.
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