Israel lets wounded evacuate Gaza; Joy, grief for freed detainees

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Freed PalestiiniansJoy mixed with grief as 111 Palestinian detainees return to Gaza, in the latest exchange under the Israel-Hamas truce deal, only to find many of their loved ones killed and their homes destroyed by Israel’s 15-month war.

Some 37 Palestinians, including children wounded in Israel’s war, evacuate Gaza for Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, which opened for the first time in nine months on Saturday.

Israeli forces kill 5 people, including a 16-year-old boy, in three separate bombings as they keep up a large-scale military operation on the Jenin area in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart today for the United States where he will meet with President Donald Trump and discuss the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, his office says.

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