Israeli prisoners released as part of the fifth batch of the exchange deal: The only way for the prisoners to return is through completing the deal and returning all Palestinian prisoners to their homes safely, and for the second and third phases of the deal to continue.

An Israeli captive in a message: “I hope that all stages of the deal will continue to be implemented and that this terrible war will end.”

Red Cross vehicles arrive in Deir el-Balah for captives’ handover

A convoy of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles has arrived at a captives’ handover location in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.

Dozens of heavily armed Palestinian fighters and a controlled crowd of civilian onlookers are also at the site.

Prisoners' Media Office:

A fifth batch of 183 prisoners returns to the fields of freedom by a decision of the resistance

مكتب إعلام الأسرى:

دفعة خامسة من 183 أسيرا يعودون إلى ميادين الحرية بقرار من المقاومة

Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive in Gaza City on February 2025 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

A demonstration was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in protest of Trump’s remarks about taking over the Gaza Strip after expelling Palestinians to other countries.

Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A demonstration was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in protest of Trump’s remarks about taking over the Gaza Strip after expelling Palestinians to other countries.

Emotional scenes in Khan Younis after the arrival of released Palestinians [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]

A Palestinian ex-prisoner is greeted by loved ones in Khan Younis after being released from an Israeli jail [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]

A Palestinian ex-prisoner is greeted by loved ones in Khan Younis after being released from an Israeli jail [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]

"Even the birds in Gaza have wings, yet they do not migrate."

A mural on the rubble of a house destroyed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza.

Palestinians wait to cross through a checkpoint run by US and Egyptian security contractors after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor [File: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

People ride in the back of a motorbike through a flooded street from Nuseirat to Gaza City following heavy rain on Monday [Eyad Baba/AFP]