On Saturday, a deeply emotional father-son reunion took place after 45 years, as Israel released Shadi Barghouti—one of 183 Palestinian prisoners freed in the ongoing prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel.
Prominent Palestinian activist and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Khalida Jarrar, was among the 90 released detainees as part of the first phase of a prisoner exchange when the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip came into effect on Sunday.
On Monday, long-term Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa, who was suffering from cancer, died aged 62 in an Israeli hospital, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees...