Celebrations in Gaza as the latest group of freed prisoners arrive

There were celebrations in Khan Younis on Thursday morning as buses carrying hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners arrived in the Gaza Strip city.

They were welcomed by family and friends, as one man stepped off the bus, threw down his Israeli prison service t-shirt, and stamped on it.

Among the former detainees were hundreds arrested in the enclave on suspicion of militancy following the 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, and…