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We are finally in our home. There is no home left, just rubble, but it's our home,
said Rana Mohsen, 43, back in Jabalia
We're trying to reach a million people within the shortest possible time,
the WFP's deputy executive director, Carl Skau, told AFPAll the prisoners being released today feel like family to us. They are part of us, even if they're not blood relatives,
Amanda Abu Sharkh, 23, told AFP
It is imperative that this ceasefire removes the significant security and political obstacles to delivering aid,
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saidWe came here to witness it and feel the emotions, just like the families of the prisoners who are being released today,
Abu Sharkh said
I was worried about him. He is still a prisoner, but I just received good news that he will be released as part of this deal,
she addedThe wait was extremely hard. But thank God, we were certain that at any moment we would be released,
she saidI know a lot of people in prison, there are innocent people, children and women,
he saidInside the bus, a handful of the freed women smiled and flashed V-signs, while a Red Cross staff member watched on,
reported AFP
After that, she'll tell us about her time in prison, and we'll tell her about our lives without her. I'm sure there will be a lot of crying,
she said as she stood by her brother, sister and aunt
The lawyers told them the (ceasefire) deal had been announced and was in the implementation phase,
said Tawil, whose father is also in an Israeli jailThey accused her of incitement because of posts she wrote on Facebook,
she said, calling the charges "ridiculous" for a middle-aged nurse and trained midwifeYou can't think for yourself and for your son only,
he said ... adding heTo Rafah, to Rafah, inside in Gaza,
a boy exclaimed as his group passed by rubble to get to the enclave’s southernmost city
I am really excited. I keep thinking, ‘When are they coming?’
Silver said, looking over her shoulder for a moment at the sliding doors behind herAfter 471 days Emily is finally home,
Mandy Damari said in a statement released through the Hostages Families ForumYou literally get to feel all the amount of feelings out there,
she addedIf you have that amount of power to survive another day and another day, then you must be the strongest person,
Yanai, 41, told NBC News at a rally in Tel Aviv yesterday,I cannot describe my feelings.”
Knowing her sister will be released today, she said
I know how to be the one that will be left behind watching other hostages bring relief to their families. My partner, Avinatan Or, and many other hostages are in hell, and they wait for the second that you will be released, too.”
Former Hamas hostage Noa Argamani said at a rally for the hostages in Washington