Gaza, Israel and Palestinian
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Israeli soldiers killed several Palestinians in northern Gaza on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump touted the end of the two-year war in the coastal enclave on a whistle-stop visit to the Middle East.
Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails on Monday as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, prompting emotional scenes of families reunited with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind bars.
A first batch of bodies of Palestinians killed during the Gaza war has arrived in the enclave after being released by Israel, local health authorities told Reuters on Tuesday.
As Hamas released its hostages, buses carrying Palestinian prisoners held by Israel arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah. They were the first of nearly 2,000 prisoners who are also expected to be freed.
The 2,000 include some 1,700 of the several thousand Palestinians that Israeli troops seized from Gaza during the 2-year war and have held without charge.